Dictionary Entry

petulant

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/ˈpɛtjələnt/Used In Literature ↓

Childishly irritable

In a Sentence

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

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for “petulant”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Petulant she spoke, and at herself she laugh’d ;
A rosebud set with little willful thorns,

Of your companions, ** than t’ have ta'en on trust
“ Such petulant, jeering gamesters, that can spare
** No argument or subject from their jest.”

among ye; I must raise my voice too, then look to it ; i
you couple of paltry, petulant knaves, can't we comforl
share gains, and be quiet ?

And bayberry, that through sweet bevies thread
Of round-faced roses, pink and petulant,
Look back and beckon ere they disappear.

Dries the sheer libation,
And the little petulant hand
Is an annotation.

And speed glum heroes up the line to death.
You'd see me with my puffy petulant face,
Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel,

He gets up, after you stop shaking him and you sit up yourself. He acts hurt, -
petulant.