Question

Choose the word that gives the antonym of the word italicized.
Soon the boys realised his peevish ways and began to avoid him.
A) Amiable
B) Unpleasant
C) Snappish
D) Authoritative

Answer 1

Hint:In the above sentence the italicized word is peevish. So here if you find the opposite word of peevish then easily you can find the correct answer. Here we need to know about the word ‘peevish’. The word ‘peevish’ means easily annoyed by unimportant things, irritable, fretful, querulous. Example: He has a habit of staying alone, which has made him peevish.

Complete answer:
Let us discuss all the given options in detail to know the correct answer.
>Amiable: It means pleasant or friendly or it refers to having or showing a friendly and pleasant manner. It is similar to the opposite of peevish. Example: He has many friends as he has an amiable personality. Hence option A is correct .
>Unpleasant : It means not pleasant, rude and angry or it refers to causing discomfort and unhappiness. Example: Such an unpleasant day it was. It is similar to the word peevish but not the opposite of peevish. Hence option B is incorrect.
>Snappish : It refers to being irritable and curt or easily annoyed and often speaking in an angry way. It is the same as peevish. Example: Stop being snappish, else nobody would want to talk to you. Hence option C is incorrect.
>Authoritative : Authoritative refers to being reliable and dependable, it's not the opposite of word peevish. Example: He is authoritative in his family. Hence option d is incorrect.

Hence ,the correct answer is option A.

Note:The other synonyms of the word peevish are fretting, cantankerous, disgruntled .
>Example: he is getting a bit cantankerous in his old age.
>Example: He was disgruntled by the behaviour of his friends.