The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BILE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Peevishness crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BILE | 86 % | 4 |
| SNIT | 8 % | 4 |
| PETULANCE | 3 % | 9 |
| SPLEEN | 3 % | 6 |
Why may BILE be the right solution?
"Bile" can refer to both the bitter-tasting fluid produced by the liver and a person's peevishness or resentment. In this case, "Bile" is the right answer because it fits the definition of peevishness.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Peevishness
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crossness
- pettishness
- irritability
- surliness
- choler
- snappishness
- fretfulness
- fussiness
- petulance
- temper
- biliousness
- bile
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 SNIT
- In a tizzy
- Irritated state
- State of agitation
- State of irritation
- Irritated mood
- Peevishness
- Bad mood
- Pet
- Tiff
- Todo
More clues leading to the result PETULANCE
- Prima donna's characteristic
- Touchiness
- Surliness
- Ill-humor.
- Peevish impatience.
- Peevishness
- Spoiled brat's display