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adj. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.

adj. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.

adj. childishly irritable

adj. forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

adj. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

adj. Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.

Manifesting peevish impatience, irritation, or caprice; peevishly pert or saucy; peevish; capricious: said of persons or things: as, a petulant youth; a petulant answer.

Synonyms Petulant, Peevish, Fretful, Pettish, Cross, irritable, irascible, ill-humored, snappish, crusty, choleric. The first five words apply to an ill-governed temper or its manifestation. Petulant expresses a quick impatience, often of a temporary or capricious sort, with bursts of feeling. Peevish expresses that which is more permanent in character, more frequent in manifestation, more sour, and more an evidence of weakness. Fretful applies to one who is soon vexed, of a discontented disposition, or ready to complain, as a sick child. Pettish implies that the impatience, vexation, or testiness is over matters so small that the mood is peculiarly undignified or unworthy. Cross applies especially to the temper, but often to permanent character: as, a cross dog; it often includes anger or sulkiness. Crossness as a mood may be more quiet than the others. See captious.

adj. easily irritated or annoyed

"Jones declined to characterize Astro as "arrogant," saying he might use the term "petulant" instead."

ill-natured   

easygoing   

fretful    peevish    ill-humored    querulous    cross    irritable    forward    pert    insolent    wanton   

irritable    peevish    quarrelsome    resentful    sulky    spiteful    rebellious    impatient    scornful    haughty