HyperDic: petulant

English > 1 sense of the word petulant:
ADJECTIVEallpetulant, cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techyeasily irritated or annoyed
petulant > pronunciation
Soundspeh'chahlahnt
Rhymesabandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...
English > petulant: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningeasily irritated or annoyed.
Synonymscranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
Broaderill-naturedHaving an irritable and unpleasant disposition
Spanishirritable, malhumorado, quejica
Nounspetulancean irritable petulant feeling
Adverbspetulantlyin a petulant manner

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