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单词 petulance
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petulance


pet·u·lant

P0228500 (pĕch′ə-lənt)adj.1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.
[Latin petulāns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
pet′u·lance, pet′u·lan·cy n.pet′u·lant·ly adv.

petulance

1. the condition or quality of being irritable, peevish, or impatient.
2. an irritable or peevish statement or action. Also petulancy. — petulant, adj.
See also: Attitudes
Thesaurus
Noun1.petulance - an irritable petulant feelingpetulance - an irritable petulant feeling choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishnessill humor, ill humour, distemper - an angry and disagreeable moodtestiness, tetchiness, touchiness - feeling easily irritatedpet - a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)

petulance

noun sulkiness, bad temper, irritability, spleen, pique, sullenness, ill-humour, peevishness, querulousness, crabbiness, waspishness, pettishness an angry display of petulance
Translations
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petulance


Related to petulance: petulantly
  • noun

Synonyms for petulance

noun sulkiness

Synonyms

  • sulkiness
  • bad temper
  • irritability
  • spleen
  • pique
  • sullenness
  • ill-humour
  • peevishness
  • querulousness
  • crabbiness
  • waspishness
  • pettishness

Synonyms for petulance

noun an irritable petulant feeling

Synonyms

  • choler
  • crossness
  • fretfulness
  • fussiness
  • irritability
  • peevishness

Related Words

  • ill humor
  • ill humour
  • distemper
  • testiness
  • tetchiness
  • touchiness
  • pet
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