as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
a petulant and fussy man who is always blaming everyone else for his problems
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Rob was tasked with being a glorified babysitter to Lumi’s petulant and posh CEO, Henry Muck (Kit Harrington), and has now been offered up by Pierpoint as a representative.
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Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
The old laughter has now curdled into something more personal and petulant—and potentially dangerous.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024
His take on Prince Philip is both humanizing and unmerciful, cutting to the bone of a man portrayed in contradictory terms — petulant yet statesmanlike, intensely ambitious yet ineffectual, relatable one minute and contemptible the next.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 30 July 2024
Studies have identified four primary types of BPD: impulsive, discouraged, self-destructive, and petulant—which were first established by psychologist Theodore Millon in the 1990s.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 5 July 2024
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Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
The old laughter has now curdled into something more personal and petulant—and potentially dangerous.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024
His take on Prince Philip is both humanizing and unmerciful, cutting to the bone of a man portrayed in contradictory terms — petulant yet statesmanlike, intensely ambitious yet ineffectual, relatable one minute and contemptible the next.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 30 July 2024
Studies have identified four primary types of BPD: impulsive, discouraged, self-destructive, and petulant—which were first established by psychologist Theodore Millon in the 1990s.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 5 July 2024
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“Petulant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petulant. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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