petulance

pet·u·lant (p

-l

nt)

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

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Noun

petulance - 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

noun sulkiness, bad temper, irritability, spleen, pique, sullenness, ill-humour, peevishness, querulousness, crabbiness, waspishness, pettishness an angry display of petulance

Translations

petulance [ˈpetjʊləns] N → mal humor m, irritabilidad f

petulance, petulancy

n → verdrießliche Art; (of child) → bockige Art (inf)

petulance [ˈpɛtjʊləns] n → irritabilità

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Attitudes babyish choler Crossness distemper fretfulness fussiness ill humor ill humour irritability peevishness PET petulant Procacity protervity temper temperament testiness tetchiness	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	pettishly pettishness pettiskirt pettislip pettitoes Petto petty petty apartheid Petty averages petty bourgeoisie petty cash petty cash book Petty constable petty criticism petty juror petty jury petty larceny petty morel Petty mullein petty officer petty sessions petty spurge petty whin Pettychaps Pettywhin petulance petulant petulantly Petulcity Petulcous Petune petunia Petunia axillaris Petunia hybrida Petunia integrifolia Petunse petuntse petuntze Petworth House Petworth marble Petzite Peucedanin Peucil Peul Pevsner pew Pew opener Pewage pewee Pewet Pewfellow	Petty theft Petty theft Petty theft Petty thief Petty thief Petty thief Petty thief Petty treason Petty treason Petty treason Petty treason petty whin petty whins Petty, Richard Petty, Richard Petty, Sir William Petty, William Petty-bourgeois Petty-bourgeois Petty-bourgeoisie Petty-bourgeoisie Pettychaps Pettywhin Petugas Penindak Rusuh Massa Petukhov, Boris Petukhov, Boris Sergeevich Petukhova, Kseniia Petukhova, Kseniia Kupriianovna Petukhovo Petula oil petulance petulances petulances petulancy petulancy petulans petulant petulant Petulantes Petulantes petulantly petulantly Petulcity Petulcous Petun Nation Petun Nation Petun Nation Petune petunia petunia Petunia asteroid mosaic virus Petunia axillaris Petunia hybrida Petunia integrifolia Petunia Pickle Bottom Petunia Vein-Clearing Virus Petunias Petunias Petunse petuntse petuntze

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Attitudes
babyish
choler
Crossness
distemper
fretfulness
fussiness
ill humor
ill humour
irritability
peevishness
PET
petulant
Procacity
protervity
temper
temperament
testiness
tetchiness

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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