Petulance

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  • n. The property of being petulant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Sauciness; wantonness; rudeness.
  • n. The character of being petulant; a petulant character or disposition; peevish impatience or caprice; pettishness.
  • n. Synonyms See captious and petulant.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an irritable petulant feeling
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    distemper    ill humor    ill humour   
    Hyponym
    tetchiness    pet    touchiness    testiness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pettishness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    peevishness    sullenness    levity    impatience    irritability   
     
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