The judge was caviling on every aspect of my science fair project; He annoyed me with his critical questions.

Some synonyms for the word peevish are angry, bad-tempered, carping, caviling, childish and churlish. The most used synonym for the word peevish is angry.

A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil., A pun; a low conceit., To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate., To pun; to practice punning.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -A-ILIN-. That is, eight letter words with 2nd letter A and 4th letter I and 5th letter L and 6th letter I and 7th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are:

caviling

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern C-VI---G. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter C and 3rd letter V and 4th letter I and 8th letter G. In alphabetical order, they are:

caviling