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petulant - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'petulant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Petulant [ a.]
- Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
- Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.

Meaning of 'petulant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . petulant [ s]
Meaning (1):
- easily irritated or annoyed
Example in sentence:
  • an incorrigibly fractious young man;
  • not the least nettlesome of his countrymen