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单词 petulance
释义

petulance

noun

pet·​u·​lance ˈpe-chə-lən(t)s How to pronounce petulance (audio)
: the quality or state of being petulant : peevishness

Synonyms

  • biliousness
  • choler
  • crankiness
  • crossness
  • crotchetiness
  • grouchiness
  • grumpiness
  • huffiness
  • irascibility
  • irascibleness
  • irritability
  • irritableness
  • peevishness
  • perverseness
  • perversity
  • pettishness
  • testiness
  • waspishness
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Example Sentences

I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue.
Recent Examples on the Web But a few months later, the mighty gate showed signs of petulance. Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2022 The song unfurls hesitantly, line by line, from petulance to acceptance—just as the experience of teenagedom, that journey to self-knowledge, evolves from uncertainty to wisdom. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 4 June 2022 Now Ina thought of Agata, Marek’s mother, of her woe and petulance. Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 Denzel Washington, as Macbeth, and Frances McDormand, as Lady Macbeth, fit their performances to the movie’s narrow view of Shakespearean cinema, which reduces grandeur to petulance and poetry to decoration. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2021 One marked by tough, necessary, factual inquires befitting the scrutiny needed to vet a lifetime appointment, not marred by partisan petulance and acrimony. Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 7 Apr. 2022 With increasing petulance, Germany’s Olaf Scholz has been fighting off bank and think-tank modelers suggesting a hard stop to gas imports might be manageable after all. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2022 Its predecessor, 2018’s stellar Be the Cowboy, was more secluded and had already scrubbed away nearly all the punk sardony and petulance of Puberty 2 (2016) and Bury Me at Lookout Creek (2014). Bobby Olivier, SPIN, 31 Jan. 2022 The men are stuck with the least developed parts across the board, especially Antonio and Mateo, who both show up pouting and remain in a state of low-key petulance for two hours. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

petulance

noun

pet·​u·​lance ˈpe-chə-ləns How to pronounce petulance (audio)
: an irritable temper

petulance

noun

as in irritability
readiness to show annoyance or impatience I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • irritability
  • irritableness
  • aggression
  • anger
  • indignation
  • peevishness
  • irascibility
  • exasperation
  • testiness
  • crankiness
  • grumpiness
  • aggressiveness
  • grouchiness
  • crossness
  • hostility
  • perversity
  • huffiness
  • sensitivity
  • perverseness
  • rage
  • biliousness
  • choler
  • wrath
  • fury
  • sulkiness
  • rudeness
  • belligerence
  • surliness
  • pugnacity
  • fretfulness
  • combativeness
  • orneriness
  • truculence
  • cantankerousness
  • pettishness
  • pugnaciousness
  • bellicosity
  • feistiness
  • disagreeableness
  • irascibleness
  • curmudgeonliness
  • waspishness
  • querulousness
  • crotchetiness
  • contrariness
  • contentiousness
  • belligerency
  • animosity
  • touchiness
  • dyspepsia
  • fussiness
  • fight
  • crustiness
  • rancor
  • antagonism
  • fierceness
  • antipathy
  • scrappiness
  • truculency
  • passion
  • jaundice
  • unfriendliness
  • supersensitivity
  • quarrelsomeness
  • spleen
  • disputatiousness
  • oversensitiveness
  • hot-bloodedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • tolerance
  • forbearance
  • understanding
  • patience
  • affability
  • geniality
  • amiability
  • agreeableness
  • friendliness
  • amiableness
  • cordiality
  • sociability
  • amicability
  • long-suffering
  • coolness
  • gentleness
  • tranquility
  • amenity
  • serenity
  • good-naturedness
  • tranquillity
  • mildness
  • kindliness
  • good-humoredness
  • good-temperedness
  • easygoingness
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