Petulant synonyms | Best 55 synonyms for petulant

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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displeased

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grouchy

In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy

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attitude (related)

Having or showing a bad temper

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crabby

Grouchy; ill-tempered.

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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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pettish

Bad-tempered; peevish

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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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disagreeable

Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.

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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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out-of-sorts

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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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tetchy

Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible

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irritable (related)

In an ill humor; bad-tempered; peevish

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sulky

Gloomy; dismal:

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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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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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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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good-humored (antonym)

Having or showing good humor; cheerful and agreeable

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