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单词 petulantly
释义
petulantpetulant /ˈpɛtʃələnt/ adjective Etymology
ETYMOLOGYpetulant
Origin: 1500-1600 French Latin, from petere; ➔ PETITION1
Thesaurus
THESAURUSeasily annoyed and tending to complain
easily annoyed and tending to complain:  He’s a grumpy old man who’s never satisfied.
informal easily annoyed and complaining a lot:  I was feeling hungry and cranky.
easily annoyed or made angry:  He’s been a little irritable lately.
easily offended or annoyed:  She’s touchy about her weight.
easily annoyed and complaining a lot. Used especially in writing:  At some point my father had become a cantankerous old man.
(also ill-tempered formal) often or always irritable or angry:  He’s so bad-tempered no one likes to be around him.
feeling very different at different times, sometimes happy, sometimes irritable, etc.:  Your sister has been moody lately. Do you know what’s wrong?
not saying anything and looking slightly angry:  She sat there looking sullen and refused to answer my questions.
showing that you are angry or upset by being unfriendly and looking unhappy:  Whenever I correct him, he gets sulky.
behaving in an angry and impatient way because you are not getting what you want:  You’re acting like a petulant child.
 behaving in an impatient and angry way for no reason at all, like a child:  his petulant expression You’re behaving like a petulant child.► see thesaurus at grumpy—petulantly adverb—petulance noun [uncountable]
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