Both Uses of
peevish
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- "You won't lose Katerina Ivanovna, you may be sure, she'll come to you herself since she has run out," he added peevishly.†
Chpt 5.4 *
- His face wore that perpetual look of peevish dejection, which is so sourly printed on all faces of Jewish race without exception.†
Chpt 6.6
Definition:
annoyed or easily annoyed -- especially by unimportant things