Meaning: Easily irritated or annoyed.
Example: Lack of sleep makes me very peevish; a peevish old man.
Perilous
Meaning: Extremely dangerous or risky.
Example:
Perilous ride, perilous journey, perilous expedition.
Perturbed
Meaning: Concerned or worried.
Example: Dan is very perturbed about his wife's health.
Petulant
Meaning: Capricious;
complaining like a child; bad-tempered.
Example: Dan acted like a petulant child and slammed the door in my face.
Placid
Meaning: Very calm and peaceful; rarely shows excitement or anger.
Example: Placid river;
placid child; placid face.
Pony up
Meaning: To pay for something.
Example: I can't afford to pony up for this laptop.
Priggish
Meaning: Acting like a snob; self-righteous.
Example: Priggish monarchs; priggish loyalists.
Puckish
Meaning: Playful; likes to have fun and joke with people.
Example:
Puckish sense of humor; puckish smile; puckish person.
Putrid
Meaning: Rotten; smelling very bad; extremely unpleasant.
Example:
Putrid meat; putrid smell; the jacket is a putrid brown color.
Puzzled
Meaning: Very confused because you can't understand something.
Example: The math task just puzzled me; he looked very puzzled.
Quaint
Meaning:
Attractively unusual; extraordinary; strange; old-fashioned.
Example: Quaint small village;
quaint phrase; quaint idea.
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