petulant | ||
1. | [ adjective ] easily irritated or annoyed | |
Synonyms: | irritable peevish nettlesome techy fractious pettish testy tetchy peckish cranky | |
Examples: | "an incorrigibly fractious young man" "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" |
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Related terms: | ill-natured | |
Similar spelling: |
petulantly petulance Pedilanthus |