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petulance

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pet·u·lant  (pch-lnt)
adj.
1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.
[Latin petulns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
petu·lance, petu·lan·cy n.
petu·lant·ly adv.
petulance
1. the condition or quality of being irritable, peevish, or impatient.
2. an irritable or peevish statement or action. Also petulancy. — petulant, adj.
See also: Attitudes
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.petulancepetulance - an irritable petulant feeling        
choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness
ill humor, ill humour, distemper - an angry and disagreeable mood
testiness, tetchiness, touchiness - feeling easily irritated
pet - a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
petulance
Translations
petulance [ˈpetjʊləns] N → mal humor m, irritabilidad f
petulance, petulancy
n → verdrießliche Art; (of child) → bockige Art (inf)
petulance [ˈpɛtjʊləns] n → irritabilità
petulance [ˈpɛtjʊləns] n → irritabilità


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I felt a gust of hysterical petulance, and went aft and stared dismally at nothing.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
Her continual disagreements with her mother, her rash squabbles with Tom and Charles, and petulance with Betsey, were at least so distressing to Fanny that, though admitting they were by no means without provocation, she feared the disposition that could push them to such length must be far from amiable, and from affording any repose to herself.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
But although no man with less scruple made his ordinary habits and feelings bend to his interest, it was the misfortune of this Prince, that his levity and petulance were perpetually breaking out, and undoing all that had been gained by his previous dissimulation.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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