She's a miserable, petulant woman who's rude to everyone she meets.
He whined like a petulant child when he lost the tennis match.
That was a petulant remark.Your petulant behavior will get you nowhere. Only immature people are petulant when they don't get their way.
"Don't sulk in the corner like a petulant child who hasn't got her way!"
The word 'testily' is an adverb for in a petulant manner, impatiently, irritably. Example sentence:When a student questioned the professor's explanations, he testily replied, "I have a few more year's experience in these matters than you, young man!"
Petulant means grouchy while belligerent means on the warpath.
cantankerous*,cross, crusty, discontented, grumbling,grumpy*, ill-tempered,irascible,peevish,petulant,querulous, snappy, sulky,surly, testy
What a petulant and grumpy old chap that was!
That was a petulant remark.Your petulant behavior will get you nowhere. Only immature people are petulant when they don't get their way.
He's an angry, petulant child and no one likes to play with him.
After he scolded her, she was petulant in her demeanor, upbraiding him with swear words worthy of a sailor.
there was a petulant person in the market.
After he scolded her, she was petulant in her demeanor, upbraiding him with swear words worthy of a sailor.
Petulant: having an irritable and unpleasant dispositionIt would be the worse for us if our petulant prayers were answered.She turned her head aside, with a quick, petulantaction.
"Don't sulk in the corner like a petulant child who hasn't got her way!"
bob's petulance was off the charts when he heard he was the new captian of the football team
petulant
Thoughtful, considered
Saucy, capriciously impatient or irritable (from Latin petulans, petulant- insolent, wanton). Behaving in an angry, silly way, like a child.Examples of usage: a petulant demand, a petulantanswer, petulant behaviour, a petulant mood.'The pride and petulance of youth' ~Watts