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Petulant

//ˈpɛt͡ʃʊlənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Childishly irritable.

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

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

    "Who hath not like cause to complain, and is not so troubled, that shall fall into the mouths of such men? for many are of so petulant a spleen"

Adjective
  1. 1
    easily irritated or annoyed wordnet

Etymology

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

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