What a petulant and grumpy old chap that was!
He's an angry, petulant child and no one likes to play with him.
After he scolded her, she was petulant in her demeanor, upbraiding him with swear words worthy of a sailor.
That was a petulant remark.Your petulant behavior will get you nowhere. Only immature people are petulant when they don't get their way.
there was a petulant person in the market.
She's a miserable, petulant woman who's rude to everyone she meets. He whined like a petulant child when he lost the tennis match.
After he scolded her, she was petulant in her demeanor, upbraiding him with swear words worthy of a sailor.
Petulant: having an irritable and unpleasant dispositionIt would be the worse for us if our petulant prayers were answered.She turned her head aside, with a quick, petulantaction.
The root word for "petulant" is "petulans," which comes from the Latin word "petulare," meaning to be insolent or to be prone to sudden outbursts of anger.
bob's petulance was off the charts when he heard he was the new captian of the football team
petulant
Thoughtful, considered
Saucy, capriciously impatient or irritable (from Latin petulans, petulant- insolent, wanton). Behaving in an angry, silly way, like a child.Examples of usage: a petulant demand, a petulantanswer, petulant behaviour, a petulant mood.'The pride and petulance of youth' ~Watts