Words and phrases that have a meaning related to petulant: (129 results)
Often used in the same context:
whiny, truculent, childish, impetuous, prima donna, spiteful, arrogant, boorish, insolent, egocentric, egotistical, stroppy, sullen, peevish, loutish, hotheaded, brattish, precocious, temperamental, surly, incommunicative, haughty, tempestuous, narcissistic, obstreperous, ungracious, callow, brash, mouthy, churlish, egoistical, snappish, snotty, obnoxious, brusk, ungentlemanly, rebellious, insufferable, feckless, oafish, uncouth, grumpy, ungrateful, cranky, infantile, disdainful, cocky, thuggish, impudent, snippy, huffy, excitable, prissy, belligerent, exasperated, sarcastic, pouty, imperious, graceless, condescending, intemperate, foulmouthed, pompous, contemptuous, conceited, disobedient, flighty, overemotional, mercurial, selfish, timid, rambunctious, hyperactive, obstinate, morose, pugnacious, bossy, tetchy, domineering, cantankerous, rude, shrewish, histrionic, headstrong, clumsy, unappreciative, moody, cretinous, schoolmasterly, indignant, schoolmarmish, curt, vindictive, wayward, bellicose, brusque, overbearing, cynical, impertinent, angry, scornful, ingrate, querulous, defiant, impatient, pettish, sulky, resentful, disrespectful, diffident, fretful
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choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, irritably, peevishness, pettishly, petulance, petulantly, testily
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Also try:fractious, ill-natured, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, techy, testy
— Nouns for petulant: child, voice, tone, expression, face, mouth, boy, man, gesture, way, mood, more...
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