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Answer for the clue "Peevish state ", 9 letters:
petulancy

Word definitions for petulancy in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Petulance \Pet"u*lance\, Petulancy \Pet"u*lan*cy\, n. [L. petulania: cf. F. p['e]tulance. See Petulant .] The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor. ``The petulancy of our words.'' --B. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. petulance; petulant attitude or behaviour

Usage examples of petulancy.

But these Affairs, that are above our Sphere, will be the Care of some other Hand, whose daily Vigilance and Labour encreases by this idle, and yet ungovern'd Petulancy of ours.