| 单词 | petulant |
| 释义 | petulant (once / 1613 pages) adj Choose the adjective petulant to describe a person or behavior that is irritable in a childish way. The adjective, petulant, is a disapproving term used to describe a bad-tempered child, an adult behaving like an angry child or behavior or this type. Angry or annoyed mean the same thing, but if you choose the word, petulant, you are indicating that it is unreasonable or unjustified. Petulant came to English in the late 16th century from the Latin petulantem "forward, insolent" but was not recorded to mean childishly irritable until the late 1700s. WORD FAMILYpetulant: petulance, petulanter, petulantly+/petulance: petulances USAGE EXAMPLES“He’s doing all this stuff as his legacy,” said Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, comparing Obama to a petulant god in a Wagner opera. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) “He’s behaving like somewhat of an unruly, petulant child,” she said. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) There’s none of the wispiness of sound, the mismatched registers or the oddly petulant tone encountered with lesser countertenors. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) adj easily irritated or annoyed Syn cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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