peevish Copy link Outline 1. stŏmăchōsus (fretful)2. ămārus (sour-tempered)3. mōrōsus (captious, hard to please)4. diffĭcĭlis • peevish: 1. stŏmăchōsus (fretful): a somewhat p. letter, stomachosiores litterae, Cic. Fam. 3, 11, fin.: Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 12 (= pettish, choleric). 2. ămārus (sour-tempered): Cic. Att. 14, 21: v. ill-tempered. 3. mōrōsus (captious, hard to please): Join: morosi et anxii et iracundi et difficiles [senes], Cic. Sen. 18. 4. diffĭcĭlis: v. ill-tempered.