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Petulant

Petulant Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Petulant? [adj] easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Petulant: cranky \| fractious \| ill-natured \| irritable \| nettlesome \| peckish \| peevish \| pettish \| techy \| testy \| tetchy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Petulant: arbitrary \| bad-tempered \| beefing \| bellyaching \| bilious \| bitching \| cantankerous \| capricious \| captious \| catty \| choleric \| complaining \| complaintful \| crabbed \| crabbing \| crabby \| cranky \| croaking \| cross \| crotchety \| disappointed \| discontented \| disgruntled \| displeased \| dissatisfied \| envious \| fanciful \| fantasied \| fantastic \| faultfinding \| flaky \| fractious \| freakish \| fretful \| griping \| grouchy \| grousing \| growling \| grumbling \| grumpy \| harebrained \| howling \| huffish \| huffy \| humorsome \| ill-humored \| ill-tempered \| impatient \| irascible \| irritable \| Jeremianic \| kinky \| lamentive \| maggoty \| malcontent \| malcontented \| moanful \| moody \| motiveless \| mournful \| murmuring \| muttering \| nagging \| naggy \| notional \| out of humor \| peevish \| perverse \| pettish \| plaintive \| plangent \| puling \| querulant \| querulous \| quirky \| rebellious \| resentful \| restive \| restless \| shrewish \| snappish \| sorrowful \| sour \| splenetic \| sulky \| temperamental \| testy \| ululant \| unaccepting \| unaccommodating \| uneasy \| unfulfilled \| ungratified \| unhappy \| unreasonable \| unrestrained \| unsatisfied \| vagarious \| vagrant \| vixenish \| vixenly \| wailful \| wanton \| waspish \| wayward \| whimpering \| whimsical \| whining \| whiny See Also \| Petulant In Webster's Dictionary \Pet"u*lant\, a. [L. petulans, -antis, prop., making slight attacks upon, from a lost dim. of petere to fall upon, to attack: cf. F. p['e]tulant. See {Petition}.] 1. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. [Obs.] --Burton. 2. Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable. ``Petulant moods.'' --Macaulay. Syn: Irritable; ill-humored; peevish; cross; fretful; querulous.

Petulant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Petulant?

[adj] easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

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Petulant In Webster's Dictionary

\Pet"u*lant\, a. [L. petulans, -antis, prop., making
slight attacks upon, from a lost dim. of petere to fall upon,
to attack: cf. F. p['e]tulant. See {Petition}.]
1. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. [Obs.] --Burton.

2. Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured
   freakishness; irritable. ``Petulant moods.'' --Macaulay.

Syn: Irritable; ill-humored; peevish; cross; fretful;
     querulous.

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