[W]ise men knew, that that, which looked like pride in some, and like petulance in others, would, by experience in affairs, and conversation amongst men, both of which most of them wanted, be in time wrought off […]
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Petulance
//ˈpɛtjʊləns//
Synonyms for "petulance" (94 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (47)
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9 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- раздразнителност noun (childish impatience or sulkiness)
- сприхавост noun (childish impatience or sulkiness)
German
4 entries- Gereiztheit noun (childish impatience or sulkiness)
- Kapriziertheit noun (childish impatience or sulkiness)
- Launenhaftigkeit noun (childish impatience or sulkiness)
- Launigkeit noun (childish impatience or sulkiness)
Italian
1 entries- petulanza noun (childish impatience or sulkiness)
Latin
1 entries- petulantia noun (childish impatience or sulkiness)
Portuguese
1 entries- petulância noun (childish impatience or sulkiness)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
I believe I was guilty of a petulance, which nothing but my uneasy situation can excuse; if that can.
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She […] had shown herself angry and sore, and was now ashamed of her own petulance, and yet unable to discontinue it.
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