Petulant synonyms

pĕch'ə-lənt

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cross
Involving interchange; reciprocal.
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waspish
Bad-tempered; snappish
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testy
Marked by impatience or ill humor.
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attitude (related)
Having or showing a bad temper
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crabby
Grouchy; ill-tempered.
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grouchy
In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
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gruff
Rough or surly in manner or speech; brusquely rude
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huffy
Arrogant; haughty.
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insolent
(Now Rare) Arrogantly contemptuous; overbearing
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irascible
Characterized by or resulting from anger.
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moody
Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
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peevish
Querulous or discontented.
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querulous
Inclined to find fault; complaining
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snappish
Likely to snap or bite.
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bad-tempered
Alternative spelling of bad-tempered.
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cantankerous
Difficult to handle:
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crabbed
Irritable and perverse in disposition; ill-tempered.
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cranky
Having a bad disposition; peevish.
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grumpy
Surly and peevish; cranky.
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ill-tempered
Having a bad temper; irritable.
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surly
The definition of surly is someone who is bad-tempered, or something that is threatening such as poor weather.
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mean
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
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nettlesome
(Of a task, problem, etc.) Thorny; difficult to deal with, especially due to being complex or tricky.
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peckish
(Chiefly Brit.) Somewhat hungry
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irritable (related)
In an ill humor; bad-tempered; peevish
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sulky
Gloomy; dismal:
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techy
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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crotchety
Capriciously stubborn or eccentric; perverse.
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snappy
(Informal) Rapid and without delay.
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ugly
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
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fractious
The definition of fractious is someone who is bad tempered, or someone or something that is difficult to control.
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boorish (related)
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foul-mouthed (related)
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childish (related)
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fretful
Marked by worry and distress; troublesome:
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hoity-toity
Given to frivolity or silliness.
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impatient
Feeling or showing restless eagerness to do something, go somewhere, etc.
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sullen
Gloomy or somber in tone, color, or portent:
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pleasant (antonym)
Merry; lively.
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good-natured (antonym)
Of or pertaining to a perpetual kind disposition.
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happy (antonym)
Cheerful; willing:
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affable (antonym)
Pleasant and easy to approach or talk to; friendly
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good-humored (antonym)
Having or showing good humor; cheerful and agreeable
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scratchy
Marked by or consisting of scratches:
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nasty
The definition of nasty is something that is very dirty, unpleasant or offensive.
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sneering (related)
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morose (related)
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truculent (related)
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lecherous (related)
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cocksure (related)
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Petulant Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • One is that it is better to act like a mature adult than a petulant child in regards to filing Twitter lawsuits.

  • This determination was the last hooray of a defunct agency, that was feeling petulant because we had not engaged with them.

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