See petulant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "But when your praying has troubled the silence long it may be that some god as he strolls in Pegāna’s glades may come on one of our lost prayers, that flutters like a butterfly tossed in storm when all its wings are broken; then if the gods be merciful they may ease our fears in Sidith, or else they may crush us, being petulant gods, and so we shall see trouble in Sidith no longer, with its pestilence and dearth and fears of war.",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "yì nù",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "易怒"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "popudlivý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "luimig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "prikkelbaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "zenuwachtig"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "petola"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "bitutur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "kiukutteleva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "irascible"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "pétulant"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "farfallán"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "chufón"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "botado"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "bamborriñeiro"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "leicht reizbar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "gereizt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "nervös"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "launisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "launenhaft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "verdrießlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "borstig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "bockig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "zickig"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"lang_code": "ht",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "agresif"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "sértődékeny"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "ingerlékeny"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "nyűgös"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "petulante"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "petulans"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "razdrazliv",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "раздразлив"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "razgneven",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "разгневен"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "whanewhane"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "ngutu hāwere"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "amper"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "hårsår"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "lunefull"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "pirrelig"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "amper"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "hårsår"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "lunefull"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "pirrelig"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "titiz",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "تتیز"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "hırçın",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "خرچین"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"lang_code": "pdt",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "prunsch"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "drażliwy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "razdražítelʹnyj",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "раздражи́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "vzdornyj",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "вздорный"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "nevrlý"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"word": "petulante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "mostrar petulancia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"verb"
],
"word": "ponerse tonto"
}
],
"word": "petulant"
}
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