peevishness

hence her flight from her own family would be laid more to the door of a lovely temperamental peevishness than anything else.

因此，她从自己的家里出走，与其推委于别的原因，倒不如归咎于那种无伤大雅的暴躁脾气。

He complained with characteristic peevishness.

他一如既往，气呼呼地埋怨着。

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。

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。

Timid people always wreak their peevishness on the gentle.

怯懦的人总是把满腹牢骚向温和的人发泄.