Peevish
Peevish , adjective
[Old English pevische; of uncertain origin, perh. from a word imitative of the noise made by fretful children + -ish.]
1.
Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Her peevish babe.
She is peevish, sullen, froward.
2.
Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
3.
Silly; childish; trifling. [Obsolete]
To send such peevish tokens to a king.