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peevish

adjective/ˈpivɪʃ/

easily irritated or annoyed

After a long day at work, she became increasingly peevish about the smallest mistakes her colleagues made.

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word origin — Middle English, from peevish, derived from peevish 'perverse, capricious', possibly from the word 'peeve' meaning to annoy or irritate.