irascible, cranky; peevish, ill-tempered
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Petulant Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
(a.)
Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutCapriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
petulant
\pet"u*lant\ (?), a. [l. petulans, -antis, prop., making slight attacks upon, from a lost dim. of petere to fall upon, to attack: cf. f. pétulant. see petition.]
1. forward; pert; insolent; wanton. [obs.]
2. capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable. "petulant moods."
Displaying impatience.
peevish,nettlesome,cranky
eg:The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.
eg:The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.
Adjective
1. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
(synonym) cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, testy, tetchy, techy
(similar) ill-natured
Petulant Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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.
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