petulant (redirected from petulances)

pet·u·lant  (pch-lnt)

adj.

1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.

2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.

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[Latin petulns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]

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petu·lance, petu·lan·cy n.

petu·lant·ly adv.

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petulant

Adjective

unreasonably irritable or peevish [Latin petulans bold]

petulance n
petulantly adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

petulant - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" irritable, peevish, pettish, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, nettlesome, peckish, cranky, fractious ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

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petulant

adjective sulky, cross, moody, sour, crabbed, impatient, pouting, perverse, irritable, crusty, sullen, bad-tempered, ratty Brit., N.Z. (informal) fretful, waspish, querulous, peevish, ungracious, cavilling, huffy, fault-finding, snappish, ill-humoured, captious << OPPOSITE good-natured

Translations

petulant [ˈpɛtjulənt] adj → malhumorado

petulant [ˈpɛtjulənt] adj → irritable

petulant [ˈpɛtjulənt] adj [person, expression] → gereizt

petulant [ˈpɛtjulənt] adj → irritabile