petulant
21petulant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fretful, irritable, complaining, peevish. See irascibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. grouchy, testy, cross; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PECH uh lunt]… …
22petulant — pet|u|lant [ petʃələnt ] adjective annoyed and behaving in an unreasonable way because you cannot get what you want: a petulant child ╾ pet|u|lance noun uncount ╾ pet|u|lant|ly adverb …
23petulant — adjective he s as petulant as a spoiled child Syn: peevish, bad tempered, querulous, pettish, fretful, cross, irritable, sulky, snappish, crotchety, touchy, tetchy, testy, fractious, grumpy, disgruntled, crabby; informal grouchy, cranky …
24petulant — pet•u•lant [[t]ˈpɛtʃ ə lənt[/t]] adj. showing sudden irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance; peevish • Etymology: 1590–1600; < L petulant (s. of petulāns) impudent pet′u•lance, n. pet′u•lant•ly, adv …
25petulant — /ˈpɛtʃələnt / (say pechuhluhnt) adjective moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head. {Latin petulans forward, pert, wanton, from petere fall on, assail} –petulantly,… …
26PÉTULANT, ANTE — adj. Qui est vif, brusque, impétueux, qui a peine à se contenir. Naturel pétulant. Humeur pétulante …
27petulant — Synonyms and related words: Jeremianic, arbitrary, bad tempered, beefing, bellyaching, bilious, bitching, cantankerous, capricious, captious, catty, choleric, complaining, complaintful, crabbed, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, cross,… …
28petulant — pe|tu|lant Mot Agut Adjectiu invariable …
29petulant — pet|u|lant [ˈpetʃulənt] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Latin, from petere; PETITION1] behaving in an unreasonably impatient and angry way, like a child >petulantly adv ▪ Which one? he demanded petulantly. >petulance n [U] …
30petulant — pe|tu|lant <aus gleichbed. lat. petulans, Gen. petulantis> (veraltet) mutwillig; <ausgelassen, frech, leichtfertig …
