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petulant
pet·u·lant P0228500 (pĕch′ə-lənt)adj.1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.
[Latin petulāns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
pet′u·lance, pet′u·lan·cy n.pet′u·lant·ly adv.petulant (ˈpɛtjʊlənt) adjirritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way[C16: via Old French from Latin petulāns bold, from petulāre (unattested) to attack playfully, from petere to assail] ˈpetulance, ˈpetulancy n ˈpetulantly advpet•u•lant (ˈpɛtʃ ə lənt)
adj. showing sudden irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance; peevish. [1590–1600; < Latin petulant- (s. of petulāns) impudent] pet′u•lance, n. pet′u•lant•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | petulant - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"irritable, peevish, pettish, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, nettlesome, peckish, cranky, fractiousill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
petulantadjective sulky, cross, moody, sour, crabbed, impatient, pouting, perverse, irritable, crusty, sullen, bad-tempered, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), fretful, waspish, querulous, peevish, ungracious, cavilling, huffy, fault-finding, snappish, ill-humoured, captious He whined like a petulant child.
happy, patient, smiling, cheerful, easy-going, good-humoured, affable, congenial, good-natured, even-temperedpetulantadjectiveHaving or showing a bad temper:bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish.Informal: crabby, mean.Idiom: out of sorts.Translationslaunenhaftlaunischmaussadeirascibileirritabilit...amperhårsårlunefullpirreligраздражительный
petulant
Synonyms for petulantadj sulkySynonyms- sulky
- cross
- moody
- sour
- crabbed
- impatient
- pouting
- perverse
- irritable
- crusty
- sullen
- bad-tempered
- ratty
- fretful
- waspish
- querulous
- peevish
- ungracious
- cavilling
- huffy
- fault-finding
- snappish
- ill-humoured
- captious
Antonyms- happy
- patient
- smiling
- cheerful
- easy-going
- good-humoured
- affable
- congenial
- good-natured
- even-tempered
Synonyms for petulantadj having or showing a bad temperSynonyms- bad-tempered
- cantankerous
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- disagreeable
- fretful
- grouchy
- grumpy
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- irritable
- nasty
- peevish
- querulous
- snappish
- snappy
- surly
- testy
- ugly
- waspish
- crabby
- mean
Synonyms for petulantadj easily irritated or annoyedSynonyms- irritable
- peevish
- pettish
- techy
- testy
- tetchy
- scratchy
- nettlesome
- peckish
- cranky
- fractious
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