Meaning

2 senses
  1. Childishly irritable.

    Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior.

    leicht reizbar, gereizt, nervös

    раздражи́тельныйrazdražítelʹnyj, вздорныйvzdornyj

  2. (obsolete)Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

More definitions
  • easily irritated or annoyed

Examples

6 sentences
  1. What a petulant child!

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  2. Don't get all petulant and whiny.

    ruНе будь таким капризным и всё время ноющим.

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  3. Her petulant humor upset the attendees.

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  4. The obedient children suddenly turned into petulant teenagers.

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  5. Stop acting like a petulant child every time you don't get your way.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
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easily irritated or annoyed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
easily irritated or annoyed:

Origin

From Middle French, from Latin petulāns, akin to petō (“to ask for”).

From Middle French, from Latin petulāns, akin to petō (“to ask for”).

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Forms

more petulant, most petulant
Comparativemore petulant Lesson
Superlativemost petulant Lesson

regular

Synonyms

95 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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