Petulant
['petjʊl(ə)nt] or ['pɛtʃələnt]
Definition
(a.) Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
(a.) Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
Typist: Remington
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Irascible, irritable, fretful, peevish, hasty, touchy, testy, crusty, pettish, waspish, choleric, snappish, snarling, cross, crabbed, captious, censorious, acrimonious, perverse, froward, ill-tempered, out of sorts.
Edited by Christine
Synonyms and Antonyms
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Editor: Woodrow
Definition
adj. showing peevish impatience irritation or caprice: forward impudent in manner.—ns. Pet′ulance Pet′ulancy sauciness: peevishness or impatience.—adv. Pet′ulantly.
Typed by Emile
Examples
- She vented petulant words every now and then, but there were sighs between her words, and sudden listenings between her sighs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- With a little short, petulant 'Oh! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If ever she delayed compliance, it was only to hear them repeated, and to enjoy her child's soft, half-playful, half-petulant urgency. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My sister was by nature destitute of the common feelings of anxious, petulant jealousy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She was too quick in this petulant sally against 'Pa's lodger'; and she felt that she had been so when she met his quiet look. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Caroline looked keenly up, and made a movement towards him, something between the loving and the petulant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His wound was making him sound petulant. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typed by Emile