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单词 petulance
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petulance

(petʃʊləns)
uncountable noun
Petulance is unreasonable, childish bad temper over something unimportant.
His petulance made her impatient.
Synonyms: sulkiness, bad temper, irritability, spleen More Synonyms of petulance

Examples of 'petulance' in a sentence
petulance

He could not do it yesterday, settling instead for a display of petulance and frustration.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His reaction, between petulance and rage, spoke volumes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet when he did get it right, for once finding space that was deemed legal, he spoilt it with a show of petulance.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
(noun) 
an angry display of petulance
Synonyms
sulkiness
bad temper
irritability
Patients usually suffer from memory loss and irritability.
spleen
There were other targets for his spleen.
pique
sullenness
ill-humour
peevishness
querulousness
crabbiness
waspishness
pettishness

Additional synonyms

in the sense of irritability
Patients usually suffer from memory loss and irritability.
Synonyms
bad temper,
impatience,
ill humour,
prickliness,
tetchiness,
irascibility,
peevishness,
testiness,
touchiness
in the sense of spleen
Definition
spitefulness or bad temper
There were other targets for his spleen.
Synonyms
spite,
anger,
bitterness,
hostility,
hatred,
resentment,
wrath,
gall,
malice,
animosity,
venom,
bile,
bad temper,
acrimony,
pique,
rancour,
ill will,
animus,
malevolence,
vindictiveness,
malignity,
spitefulness,
ill humour,
peevishness
in the sense of sullenness
Synonyms
moroseness,
sulks,
moodiness,
sourness,
ill humour,
glumness,
sulkiness

Nearby words of
petulance

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  • phallus

Synonyms of 'petulance'

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