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petulant
/ˈpɛtʃələnt/
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What does petulant mean?
adjective
- Childishly irritable.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- (obsolete) Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɛtʃələnt/
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These two clauses have been the source of much virulent invective and petulant declamation against the proposed Constitution.
They spoke often of their inability to remember any unjust or petulant word of his--much less any unworthy deed.
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She vented petulant words every now and then, but there were sighs between her words, and sudden listenings between her sighs.
Then one is quite likely to hear the petulant, alarmed barking of zebra, or to feel the vibrations of many hoofs.
I set the extinguisher on the flame, receiving as I did so a slap on my hand and a petulant “cross thing!”