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Examples of petulant
petulant
Acting like a petulant pre-schooler now is not going to facilitate matters later.
From the economist.com
Thats rich coming from the manager of the most petulant player int Premiership.
From the sport.uk.msn.com
Petulant leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky spelled out the real reason Monday.
From the thenewstribune.com
No one, though, knows for sure, because T.O. is as petulant as the day is long.
From the dallasnews.com
Because with that exciting new empowerment has come an unwelcome petulant edge.
From the washingtonpost.com
They still act like petulant little children and have not grown up since 1945.
From the guardian.co.uk
He sounds like a petulant teenager in some god-awful American high school rom com.
From the hecklerspray.com
Call him willful, call him stubborn, call him petulant or cussed or difficult.
From the washingtontimes.com
Problem is, Baker looks less angry than irked, not so much passionate as petulant.
From the boston.com
- Cranky: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
- (petulantly) testily: in a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'"
- (petulance) irritability: an irritable petulant feeling
- Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by such effects as irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking. It can lead to emotions such as frustration and anger. The property of being easily annoyed is called petulance, and something which annoys is called a nuisance.
- Childishly irritable
- (petulantly) In a manner expressing irritation or annoyance
- (petulance) The property of being petulant
- Adj. moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head. --Syn. irritable, peevish, fretful, pettish, touchy.
- (adj) - given to fits; moody
