| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SPLEEN | Peevishness | |
| PROTERVITY | Peevishness; petulance. | |
| WRAWNESS | Peevishness; ill temper; anger. | |
| PET | A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. | |
| CURSTNESS | Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness. | |
| WRANGLER | An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness. | |
| TOUCHINESS | The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility. | |
| CROSSNESS | The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor. | |
| TIFF | A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift. | |
| PETULANCY | The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor. | |
| CROSS | Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman. | |
| CRABBED | Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. | |