The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BILE , but the solution may also be SPLEEN which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in Wall Street Journal).
Peevish temper crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BILE | 40 % | 4 |
| SPLEEN | 40 % | 6 |
| SOURNESS | 20 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Peevish temper
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bile
- spleen
- sour
- soured
- peevishness
- fretful
- ill-natured
- pettish
- ill-tempered
- disagreeable
- cross
- edgy
Crossword Answer definitions
BILE noun- A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
- Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
- Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
- A boil (kind of swelling).
- (of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
- To cook in boiling water.
- (of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
- To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
- (used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
- (used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.
- To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
- To steep or soak in warm water.
- To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
- To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BILE
- Digestive juice
- Liver product
- Rotten temper
- Liver secretion
- Digestive fluid
- Ill will
- Pure spite
- Irascibility
- Peevishness
- Ill temper
More clues leading to the result SPLEEN
- Ill temper
- Vexation
- Anger
- Irascibility
- Bad temper
- Vent one's ___
- Iron-recycling organ
- Peevishness
- Ill humor
- Lymphocyte producer