English to French Meaning of petulant - irritable

Petulant :

irritable

adjective

irrité, irritable, mécontent, répugnant, Perk, coquin, guilleret, en supposant, prétentieux, morveux, MALAPERT, grognon, grincheux, maussade, courroucé, en colère, enragée

Petulant :: irritablePetulantly :: pétulance

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Definitions of petulant in English

Adjective(1) easily irritated or annoyed

Examples of petulant in English

(1) I can also become unpleasant and then behave like a petulant child.(2) But now he was behaving like a petulant child and she simply could not imagine what had gotten into him.(3) Iaina pouted, resembling a petulant child instead of the full grown woman she was.(4) They were so refreshing compared to the petulant teenagers she was around all morning.(5) I cycled off, leaving him to glower after me like a petulant teenager.(6) She's as assertive and capable as he is petulant and out of his element.(7) He was petulant all day and was earlier booked for mouthing-off at the referee.(8) Sometimes she reminds me of a petulant child holding its breath to get its way.(9) Mattie had come in like some petulant kid and thrown himself in a corner.(10) They can simultaneously be revered as heroes on the park and behave like petulant children in the street.(11) It's all because I am consumed by trying to make it work right away, like some petulant child.(12) He had his arms folded and was sneering like a petulant brat.(13) This all makes for incredibly depressing viewing, not helped by Pfeiffer's petulant , sulky, scowling presence.(14) His reputation is that he's only interested in winning and that he's a petulant loser.(15) By midnight, he was pouting like a petulant kid being kept after school.(16) The film reveals him as a petulant child, given absolute authority!

Related Phrases of petulant

Related Phrases of petulant

Synonyms

Adjective

1. peevish ::

maussade

2. bad-tempered ::

de mauvaise humeur

3. querulous ::

bougon

4. pettish ::

maussade

5. fretful ::

agité

6. cross ::

traverser

7. irritable ::

irritable

8. sulky ::

boudeur

9. snappish ::

hargneux

10. crotchety ::

grognon

11. touchy ::

suceptible

12. tetchy ::

irritable

13. testy ::

grincheux

14. fractious ::

hargneux

15. grumpy ::

grincheux

17. crabby ::

grincheuse

18. grouchy ::

grognon

19. cranky ::

excentrique

Different Forms

petulant, petulantly

Word Example from TV Shows

and your PETULANT refusal

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 9

Examples of petulant from TV Shows

and your PETULANT refusal

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 9

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