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- Dictionarypetulant/ˈpɛtjʊlənt/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered: "he was moody and petulant"
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The meaning of PETULANT is insolent or rude in speech or behavior. How to use petulant in a sentence. Petulant Has Latin Roots
easily angered or annoyed, esp. in a rude way: He plays the part of a petulant young man in the film. (Definition of petulant from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of petulant. petulant. It is a very valuable, informative and generally well argued, if at times somewhat petulant, book.
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.
Someone who is petulant is unreasonably angry and upset in a childish way. His critics say he's just being silly and petulant. He picked the pen up with a petulant gesture.
easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child. Synonyms. cranky (BAD-TEMPERED) mainly US informal. fractious. irritable. peevish. testy. tetchy. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. getting angry easily. bad-tempered He's so bad-tempered! He never should have become a teacher.
