petulant
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petulant
- /ˈpɛt͡ʃʊlənt/
- /ˈpɛtjʊlənt/
- /ˈpɛt͡ʃələnt/
- /ˈpɛtjələnt/
Where it comes from
From Middle French, from Latin petulāns, akin to petō (“to ask for”).
adjective more petulant · most petulant
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Childishly irritable.
Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior.
Similar: bad-tempered, crabby, grouchy, huffy, atrabilious, bilious, bitchy, brainish, cantankerous, carnaptious, choleric, crabbit · Opposite: easygoing
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Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
Who hath not like cause to complain, and is not so troubled, that shall fall into the mouths of such men? for many are of so petulant a spleen
Similar: brazen, flippant, impertinent, audacious, bold, get wise, bold-faced, bold as brass, brassy, malapert, brazen-faced, cheeky
Translations
Every language
adj easily irritated or annoyed
| Español | petulante, mostrar petulancia, ponerse tonto |
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| 中文 | 易怒 yì nù |
| Français | irascible, pétulant |
| Deutsch | leicht reizbar, gereizt, nervös, launisch, launenhaft, verdrießlich |
| Italiano | petulante |
| Русский | раздражи́тельный razdražítelʹnyj, вздорный vzdornyj |
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