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Definition of be petulant in English English dictionary
- petulant
- displaying impatience
- petulant
- easily irritated or annoyed
- petulant
- easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
- petulant
- Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill- natured freakishness; irritable
- petulant
- Someone who is petulant is unreasonably angry and upset in a childish way. His critics say he's just being silly and petulant + petulantly petu·lant·ly `I don't need help,' he said petulantly. behaving in an unreasonably impatient and angry way, like a child (from petere; PETITION)
- petulant
- {s} irascible, cranky; peevish, ill-tempered
- petulant
- Forward; pert; insolent; wanton
- petulant
- pettish
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be petulant
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be pe·tu·lantTurkish pronunciation
bi peçılıntPronunciation
/bē ˈpeʧələnt/ /biː ˈpɛʧələnt/
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