Example: "An incorrigibly fractious young man"
Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross.
Example: "I would rather figure things out on my own than ask that peevish librarian for help."
Constantly complaining, whining; childishly fretful.
Example: "Peevish patients in the doctor's waiting room."
Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous.
(adverb) peevishly.
Clever, expert.
Sharp, piercing, bitter (of the wind); windy, blustery (of the weather).
Perverse, refractory; headstrong, obstinate; capricious, skittish; (also) coy.
Silly, senseless, foolish.
Beside oneself; out of one's senses; mad.
Spiteful, malignant, mischievous, harmful.
Hateful, distasteful, horrid.