glowering vs peevish

glowering

noun
  • The act of giving a glower. 

peevish

adj
  • Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross. 

  • Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous. 

  • Constantly complaining, whining; childishly fretful. 

How often have the words glowering and peevish occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )