Adjective(1) easily irritated or annoyed
(1) I can also become unpleasant and then behave like a petulant child.(2) But now he was behaving like a petulant child and she simply could not imagine what had gotten into him.(3) Iaina pouted, resembling a petulant child instead of the full grown woman she was.(4) They were so refreshing compared to the petulant teenagers she was around all morning.(5) I cycled off, leaving him to glower after me like a petulant teenager.(6) She's as assertive and capable as he is petulant and out of his element.(7) He was petulant all day and was earlier booked for mouthing-off at the referee.(8) Sometimes she reminds me of a petulant child holding its breath to get its way.(9) Mattie had come in like some petulant kid and thrown himself in a corner.(10) They can simultaneously be revered as heroes on the park and behave like petulant children in the street.(11) It's all because I am consumed by trying to make it work right away, like some petulant child.(12) He had his arms folded and was sneering like a petulant brat.(13) This all makes for incredibly depressing viewing, not helped by Pfeiffer's petulant , sulky, scowling presence.(14) His reputation is that he's only interested in winning and that he's a petulant loser.(15) By midnight, he was pouting like a petulant kid being kept after school.(16) The film reveals him as a petulant child, given absolute authority!
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Synonyms
Adjective
1. peevish ::
peevish
2. bad-tempered ::
embi wobulali
3. querulous ::
querulous
4. pettish ::
pettish
5. fretful ::
nothethayo
6. cross ::
ukuwela
7. irritable ::
udikwa ngokukhawuleza
8. sulky ::
ebuthe nkwa ubuso
9. snappish ::
snappish
10. crotchety ::
crotchety
11. touchy ::
touchy
12. tetchy ::
tetchy
13. testy ::
testy
14. fractious ::
fractious
15. grumpy ::
grumpy
17. crabby ::
crabby
18. grouchy ::
okhalazayo
19. cranky ::
sibalise
Different Forms
petulant, petulantly
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and your PETULANT refusal
The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 9
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