petulance

pet·u·lant

P0228500 (pĕch′ə-lənt)adj.1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.

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[Latin petulāns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]

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pet′u·lance, pet′u·lan·cy n.pet′u·lant·ly adv.

petulance

1. the condition or quality of being irritable, peevish, or impatient.
2. an irritable or peevish statement or action. Also petulancy. — petulant, adj.See also: Attitudes

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Noun

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petulance - an irritable petulant feeling choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishnessill humor, ill humour, distemper - an angry and disagreeable moodtestiness, tetchiness, touchiness - feeling easily irritatedpet - a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)

petulance

noun sulkiness, bad temper, irritability, spleen, pique, sullenness, ill-humour, peevishness, querulousness, crabbiness, waspishness, pettishness an angry display of petulance

Translations

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