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petulant 音標拼音: [p'ɛtʃələnt]

a. 暴躁的,易生氣的,難以取悅的

暴躁的,易生氣的,難以取悅的

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) (WordNet)

petulant
adj 1: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
[synonym: {cranky}, {fractious}, {irritable}, {nettlesome},
{peevish}, {peckish}, {pettish}, {petulant}, {scratchy},
{testy}, {tetchy}, {techy}]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Petulant \Pet"u*lant\, a. [L. petulans, -antis, prop., making
slight attacks upon, from a lost dim. of petere to fall upon,
to attack: cf. F. p['e]tulant. See {Petition}.]
1. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. [Obs.] --Burton.
[1913 Webster]

2. Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured
freakishness; irritable. "Petulant moods." --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Irritable; ill-humored; peevish; cross; fretful;
querulous.
[1913 Webster]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 (moby-thesaurus)

109 Moby Thesaurus words for "petulant":
Jeremianic, arbitrary, bad-tempered, beefing, bellyaching, bilious,
bitching, cantankerous, capricious, captious, catty, choleric,
complaining, complaintful, crabbed, crabbing, crabby, cranky,
croaking, cross, crotchety, disappointed, discontented,
disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, envious, fanciful,
fantasied, fantastic, faultfinding, flaky, fractious, freakish,
fretful, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumbling, grumpy,
harebrained, howling, huffish, huffy, humorsome, ill-humored,
ill-tempered, impatient, irascible, irritable, kinky, lamentive,
maggoty, malcontent, malcontented, moanful, moody, motiveless,
mournful, murmuring, muttering, nagging, naggy, notional,
out of humor, peevish, perverse, pettish, plaintive, plangent,
puling, querulant, querulous, quirky, rebellious, resentful,
restive, restless, shrewish, snappish, sorrowful, sour, splenetic,
sulky, temperamental, testy, ululant, unaccepting, unaccommodating,
uneasy, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unreasonable,
unrestrained, unsatisfied, vagarious, vagrant, vixenish, vixenly,
wailful, wanton, waspish, wayward, whimpering, whimsical, whining,
whiny

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PETULANT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PETULANT is characterized by impatience and grumpy annoyance : irritable; also : suggesting such an emotional state How to use petulant in a sentence
Petulant - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
The adjective petulant is a disapproving term used to describe a bad-tempered child, an adult behaving like an angry child or behavior of this type It's one thing to be angry or annoyed but if someone is petulant, they're acting in an unreasonable or unjustified manner
PETULANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PETULANT definition: 1 easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child 2 easily annoyed and complaining in a… Learn more
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Definition of petulant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
PETULANT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Petulant definition: moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance See examples of PETULANT used in a sentence
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There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word petulant, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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"Petulant" is one of those words that just sounds a bit peeved, doesn't it? It's often associated with someone being childishly sulky or bad-tempered, as if adulthood weren't quite knocking at their door yet
Petulant - definition of petulant by The Free Dictionary
Define petulant petulant synonyms, petulant pronunciation, petulant translation, English dictionary definition of petulant adj 1 Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish
PETULANT Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for PETULANT: irritable, fiery, peevish, irascible, snappish, grumpy, waspish, crotchety; Antonyms of PETULANT: friendly, affable, outgoing, cordial, gregarious, genial, amiable, sweet
PETULANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Someone who is petulant is unreasonably angry and upset in a childish way His critics say he's just being silly and petulant

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