cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent

a peevish youngster.

showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood

a peevish reply; a peevish frown.

perverse or obstinate.

adjective

accepting , friendly , happy , pleasant

adjective

acrimonious , angry , bad-tempered , cantankerous , captious , carping , caviling , childish , churlish , complaining , crabbed , cranky , critical , cross , crotchety * , crusty * , cussed , fault-finding , fractious , fretful , fretting , grouchy , grousing , growling , grumpy , huffy , ill-natured , mean , morose , obstinate , ogre , ornery , out-of-sorts , pertinacious , petulant , querulous , short-tempered , snappy , splenetic , sulky , sullen , surly , tetchy , touchy , ugly , waspish , waspy , whining , disagreeable , irascible , irritable , nasty , snappish , testy , atrabiliar , atrabilious , bilious , caustic , choleric , contentious , contrary , crotchety , crusty , discontented , disgruntled , dyspeptic , gloomy , impatient , pettish , restive , spleeny