Peevish vs Morose - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between peevish and morose

is that peevish is constantly complaining; fretful, whining while morose is sullen]], gloomy; showing a [[brood|brooding ill humour.

* (l), (l) (obsolete)

(en adjective)

Constantly complaining; fretful, whining.

* , King Henry V , act 3, scene 7:

Orleans: What a wretched and peevish fellow is this king of England, to mope with his fat-brained followers so far out of his knowledge!

* 1813 , , Pride and Prejudice , ch. 41:

[T]he luckless Kitty continued in the parlour repining at her fate in terms as unreasonable as her accent was peevish .

* 1917 , , "The Mixer" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories :

At first he was quite peevish . "What's the idea," he said, "coming and spoiling a man's beauty-sleep? Get out."

* peevishly * peevishness

(en adjective)

Sullen]], gloomy; showing a [[brood, brooding ill humour

* melancholy * sulky * crabby * glum * grouchy * gruff * moody

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