About The Word Petulance
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Petulance
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What's The Definition Of Petulance?
[n] an irritable petulant feeling
Synonyms | Synonyms for Petulance: choler | crossness | fretfulness | fussiness | irritability | peevishness Related Terms | Find terms related to Petulance: arbitrariness | beef | beefing | bellyache | bellyaching | bitch | bitching | caprice | capriciousness | cold comfort | complaining | complaint | crankiness | crotchetiness | destructive criticism | disappointment | discontent | discontentedness | discontentment | disgruntlement | dissatisfaction | dissatisfiedness | dissent | divine discontent | envy | fancifulness | fantasticality | faultfinding | Faustianism | freakishness | fretfulness | grievance | gripe | griping | groan | groaning | grouse | grousing | grumbling | holler | howl | humorsomeness | ill humor | kick | kicking | moodiness | motivelessness | murmuring | peeve | peevishness | pet peeve | pettishness | petulancy | protest | querulousness | quirkiness | rebelliousness | resentfulness | resentment | restiveness | restlessness | scolding | shrewishness | sniping | sourness | squawk | squawking | sulkiness | temperamentalness | uneasiness | unfulfillment | unhappiness | unpleasure | unsatisfaction | vexation of spirit | vixenishness | whimsicality | whimsicalness | whimsy | whining | yapping See Also | ill humor | ill humour | pet | testiness | tetchiness | touchiness Petulance In Webster's Dictionary \Pet"u*lance\, Petulancy \Pet"u*lan*cy\, n. [L.
petulania: cf. F. p['e]tulance. See {Petulant}.]
The quality or state of being petulant; temporary
peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor. ``The
petulancy of our words.'' --B. Jonson.
Like pride in some, and like petulance in others.
--Clarendon.
The lowering eye, the petulance, the frown. --Cowper.
Syn: {Petulance}, {Peevishness}. -- Peevishness implies the
permanence of a sour, fretful temper; petulance implies
temporary or capricious irritation.
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