"petulant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɛt͡ʃʊlənt/, /ˈpɛtjʊlənt/, /ˈpɛt͡ʃələnt/, /ˈpɛtjələnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-petulant.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-petulant.wav Forms: more petulant [comparative], most petulant [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French, from Latin petulāns, akin to petō (“to ask for”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peth₂-}}, {{der|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|la|petulāns}} Latin petulāns Head templates: {{en-adj}} petulant (comparative more petulant, superlative most petulant)
  1. Childishly irritable. Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabby, grouchy, huffy, irritable Translations (easily irritated or annoyed): խռովկան (xṙovkan) [colloquial] (Armenian), նեղացկոտ (neġacʻkot) (Armenian), сприхав (sprihav) (Bulgarian), раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) (Bulgarian), 易怒 (yì nù) (Chinese Mandarin), popudlivý [masculine] (Czech), luimig (Dutch), prikkelbaar (Dutch), zenuwachtig (Dutch), petola (Esperanto), bitutur (Faroese), kiukutteleva (Finnish), irascible (French), pétulant (French), farfallán (Galician), chufón (Galician), botado (Galician), bamborriñeiro (Galician), leicht reizbar (German), gereizt (German), nervös (German), launisch (German), launenhaft (German), verdrießlich (German), borstig (German), bockig (German), zickig (German), agresif (Haitian Creole), sértődékeny (Hungarian), ingerlékeny (Hungarian), nyűgös (Hungarian), petulante (Italian), petulans (Latin), раздразлив (razdrazliv) (Macedonian), разгневен (razgneven) (Macedonian), whanewhane (Maori), ngutu hāwere (Maori), amper (Norwegian Bokmål), hårsår (Norwegian Bokmål), lunefull (Norwegian Bokmål), pirrelig (Norwegian Bokmål), amper (Norwegian Nynorsk), hårsår (Norwegian Nynorsk), lunefull (Norwegian Nynorsk), pirrelig (Norwegian Nynorsk), تتیز (titiz) (Ottoman Turkish), خرچین (hırçın) (Ottoman Turkish), prunsch (Plautdietsch), раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj) (Russian), вздорный (vzdornyj) (Russian), nevrlý (Slovak)
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  2. (obsolete) Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: brazen, flippant, impertinent, cheeky
    Sense id: en-petulant-en-adj-V32LjqDk Disambiguation of Personality: 43 57
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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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      "roman": "xṙovkan",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
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      "word": "խռովկան"
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      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
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      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "易怒"
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      "word": "prikkelbaar"
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      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "petola"
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      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "bitutur"
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      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "kiukutteleva"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "irascible"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "pétulant"
    },
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      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "farfallán"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "chufón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "botado"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "bamborriñeiro"
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      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "leicht reizbar"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "gereizt"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "nervös"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "launisch"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "launenhaft"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "verdrießlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "borstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "bockig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "zickig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "agresif"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "sértődékeny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "ingerlékeny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "nyűgös"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "petulante"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "petulans"
    },
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "razdrazliv",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "раздразлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "razgneven",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "разгневен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "whanewhane"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "ngutu hāwere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "amper"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "hårsår"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "lunefull"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "pirrelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "amper"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "hårsår"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "lunefull"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "pirrelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "titiz",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "تتیز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "hırçın",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "خرچین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "prunsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdražítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "раздражи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzdornyj",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "вздорный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "easily irritated or annoyed",
      "word": "nevrlý"
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}

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