peevishness
n. 脾气不好；爱发牢骚
同义词
参考例子
1.Be gentle in old age; peevishness is worse in second childhood than in first.
老来是要和蔼；第二幼年期乖戾暴躁，更有甚于第一期。
2.In the actual situation, however, the minute he rebuffed me I had another attack of peevishness.
可是到了这里之后，只要他一拒绝我，我马上又会感到恼火。
3.I thought I even detected a note of sadness in his tone. We were quiet for a long time. My peevishness had vanished. I thought of my father.
我甚至察觉出他的语气中有一丝悲哀。我们静默了很久，我的恼怒已经消失，我正在想我的父亲。
英文解释
n.
1.an irritable petulant feeling
2.a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger