petulant: cranky, grouchy Forms: N: petulanceV: 00Adj: petulantAdv: petulantly

Syn: irritable, peevish,cantankerous, fractious,testy, pouty, Ant: agreeable, docile, benign, easygoing

petulance.

petulant

O Pioneers! --Willa Cather

“I’m angry with you, Emil,” she broke out with

Ender’s Game --Orson Scott Card

You can be as

as you want, tomorrow.

petulance

when anything goes wrong.

His manner varies from genial bullying when he is in a goodhumor to stormy

Pygmalion --George Bernard Shaw petulant

and tired and cross.

“But we’re just sitting here,” he said, sounding

Cujo --Stephen King

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