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[ pech-uh-luhnt ] / ˈpɛtʃ ə lənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR petulant ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemoved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head. Origin of petulant1590–1600; <Latin petulant- (stem of petulāns) impudent, akin to petere to seek, head for SYNONYMS FOR petulantirritable, peevish, fretful, pettish, touchy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR petulant ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM petulantpet·u·lant·ly, adverbun·pet·u·lant, adjectiveun·pet·u·lant·ly, adverbWords nearby petulantpetty larceny, petty officer, petty sessions, petulance, petulancy, petulant, petunia, petuntse, Petworth House, peu à peu, peu de chose Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for petulantThe slimy, childish, petulant Viserys starts off as a symbol of everything about Targaryen rule Westeros has rejected. Who Died and Made You Khaleesi? Privilege, White Saviors, and the Elusive Male Feminist Who Doesn’t Suck|Arthur Chu|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Petulant billionaires singlehandedly funded rivals to Mitt Romney. Speed Read: Kenneth Vogel’s ‘Big Money’ Shows How PACs Control Politics|William O’Connor|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST They seem, in fact, like cranky, petulant children, coked to the gills. Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band|Grover Lewis|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Homeland fans made ranting about the awfulness of petulant teen Dana Brody into a weekly celebratory ritual. Is Marnie From ‘Girls’ the Worst Character on TV?|Kevin Fallon|February 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was neither the first nor the last time Bieber would be characterized as a petulant, out-of-control little jerk. Why Do You Hate Justin Bieber?|Rawiya Kameir|December 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST A petulant quality came into the voice of the captain who gave commands. Marching Men|Sherwood Anderson And schooled herself into a fretful, petulant manner of indifference. Aaron's Rod|D. H. Lawrence In his amorous poetry, he has little passion or sensibility; but he is never free and petulant, never tedious, and never absurd. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam He noted, too, that her gorgeous ash-blond hair had been carefully "done," piled in high masses above her petulant face. The Winning Clue|James Hay, Jr. Nobody called his attention to my better lyrical writings; I was described to him as a spoiled, petulant child of fortune. The True Story of My Life|Hans Christian Andersen
British Dictionary definitions for petulant
adjectiveirritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way Derived forms of petulantpetulance or petulancy, nounpetulantly, adverbWord Origin for petulantC16: via Old French from Latin petulāns bold, from petulāre (unattested) to attack playfully, from petere to assail Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to petulantimpatient, sullen, perverse, testy, cranky, fractious, irritable, whiny, bad-tempered, captious, complaining, cross, crybaby, displeased, fault-finding, fretful, grouchy, grumbling, huffy, mean |