petulant (Meaning)
petulant (s)
easily irritated or annoyed
petulant (a.)
Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
Synonyms & Antonyms of petulant
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Synonyms:
- quarrelsome
- ill-humored
- argumentative
- bearish
- sullen
- contentious
- prickly
- fretful
- short
- huffy
- curmudgeonly
- cantankerous
- snippety
- cross-grained
- tetchy
- thin-skinned
- snappy
- scrappy
- off-color
- snarly
- disputatious
- pouty
- sulky
- pugnacious
- truculent
- bellicose
- ill-tempered
- dyspeptic
- bilious
- ratty
- disagreeable
- off-colored
- ornery
- belligerent
- fractious
- ill-natured
- combative
- touchy
- quick-tempered
- surly
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petulant Sentence Examples
- The child's petulant demand for another treat went unheeded.
- The manager's petulant tone did not sit well with the employees.
- The teenage girl's petulant behavior alienated her friends.
- The dog's petulant refusal to eat seemed like an attempt to annoy its owner.
- The petulant whining of the toddler drowned out the conversation.
- The salesman's petulant attitude towards customers cost him several sales.
- The petulant gossip spread by the neighbors caused a rift in the community.
- The politician's petulant response to criticism only served to damage his reputation further.
- The petulant outbursts of the actor on set made filming a nightmare.
- The petulant refusal of the group to compromise led to the project's failure.
FAQs About the word petulant
easily irritated or annoyedForward; pert; insolent; wanton., Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
irritable, fiery, snarky, snippy, short-tempered, grumpy, out of humor, cross, sensitive, perverse
agreeable, extroverted, gregarious,friendly, companionable, extraverted, amiable, outgoing, friendly, gregarious
The child's petulant demand for another treat went unheeded.
The manager's petulant tone did not sit well with the employees.
The teenage girl's petulant behavior alienated her friends.
The dog's petulant refusal to eat seemed like an attempt to annoy its owner.
