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Another word for petulant

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petulant

modif.

grouchy, testy, cross; see irritable.

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Another word for petulant

adjective

Having or showing a bad temper:

bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. (Informal) crabby, mean². Idiom: out of sorts. See attitude

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One is that it is better to act like a mature adult than a petulant child in regards to filing Twitter lawsuits.
Fred gave the woman a petulant little boy look but then smiled and patted her arm.
You need to respect that, because the next time you throw one of your petulant hissy fits, I swear to God, I will install so much sound proofing in this room, you will never hear another note.

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