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petulant

  (pĕch'ə-lənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
  2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.

[Latin petulāns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail.]

petulance pet'u·lance or pet'u·lan·cy n.
petulantly pet'u·lant·ly adv.
 
 
Antonyms: petulant

adj

Definition: crabby, moody
Antonyms: affable, good-humored, good-natured, happy, pleasant


 
WordNet: petulant
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: easily irritated or annoyed
  Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, testy, tetchy, techy


 
Translations: Translations for: Petulant

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vranten, irritabel

Nederlands (Dutch)
lichtgeraakt, brutaal

Français (French)
adj. - irascible

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bockig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αψίθυμος, οξύθυμος, ευερέθιστος, κακότροπος, οργίλος

Italiano (Italian)
petulante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - petulante, mal-humorado, rabugento

Русский (Russian)
нетерпеливый, раздражительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - malhumorado, irritable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - retlig, nyckfull, självsvåldig

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
暴躁的, 难以取悦的, 易生气的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 暴躁的, 難以取悅的, 易生氣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성미 급한, 별난, 까다로운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 短気な, 怒りっぽい, 不機嫌な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نكد, شكس, رديء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רגזן, קצר-רוח‬


 
 

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