petulant
IPA: pˈɛtʃʌɫʌnt
adjective
- Childishly irritable.
- (obsolete) Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
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Examples of "petulant" in Sentences
- To call him petulant is kind of like the pot calling the kettle black.
- And admit it, petulant is NOT a word that you would have in your vocabulary.
- Or did you just pretend to miss it, because it feels SO DAMN GOOD to engage in petulant shrieking?
- Jones declined to characterize Astro as "arrogant," saying he might use the term "petulant" instead.
- Instead they are engaging in petulant revenge canceling even national security hearings just to give the Democrats, and the American people, the finger.
- I know this won’t be a popular view among many Obama fans who did criticize him for this were they called petulant? but I do think he did the right thing.
- The islands show dimly grey amid a welter of grey water, breaking angrily in short, petulant seas, which buffet boats confusedly and put the helmsmen's skill to a high test.
- Indeed it's been nearly a full week since the cowardly hate-mongering "satirist" Coulter posted Cornell's private information on the front page of her website in petulant retaliation for an article Cornell wrote here on BRAD BLOG.
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