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1. (adj.) petulant
showing sudden irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance; peevish.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L petulant- (s. of petulāns) impudent)
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1. (adj) cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
easily irritated or annoyed
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
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1. (adj) petulant
forward; pert; insolent; wanton
2. (adj) petulant
capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable
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