petulant (redirected from petulancy)

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 [ˈpɛtjʊlənt]

adj

irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way

[via Old French from Latin petulāns bold, from petulāre (unattested) to attack playfully, from petere to assail]

petulance , petulancy 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 He whined like a petulant child.
happy, patient, smiling, cheerful, easy-going, good-humoured, affable, congenial, good-natured, even-tempered

Translations

petulant [ˈpetjʊlənt] ADJ [person, voice, tone] → malhumorado, irritable; [gesture] → malhumorado, de irritación

petulant [ˈpɛtʃʊlənt] adj → irritable

petulant

adj → verdrießlich; child → bockig (inf)

petulant [ˈpɛtjʊlənt] adj → irritabile

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petulant [ˈpɛtjʊlənt] adj → irritabile