Definition of petulant Petulant
/pɛˈʧʌlʌnt/ - [pechulunt] - pet•u•lant
We found 6 definitions of petulant from 4 different sources.
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What does petulant mean?
WordNet
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| petulant - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" | ||
| cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy | ||
| ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- petulant (a.)
Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. - petulant (a.)
Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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petulant
pet′ū-lant, adj. showing peevish impatience, irritation, or caprice: forward, impudent in manner.—ns. Pet′ulance, Pet′ulancy, sauciness: peevishness or impatience.—adv. Pet′ulantly. [L. petulans, -antis—obs. petulāre, dim. of petĕre, to fall upon.]
