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单词 petulant
释义
petulant
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈpetʃ.ə.lənt/us
/ˈpetʃ.ə.lənt/
easilyannoyedandcomplainingin arudeway like achild
耍孩子脾气的，任性的；脾气暴躁的
Synonyms
cranky(BAD-TEMPERED)mainlyUSinformal
fractious
irritable
peevish
testy
tetchy
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
getting angry easily
  • bad-temperedHe's so bad-tempered! He never should have become a teacher.
  • irritableBe careful what you say; he's very irritable today.
  • grumpyI'm just a little tired and grumpy today.
  • crankyUSShe's very cranky because she has a toothache.
  • impatientI'm too impatient for fishing.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad-tempered
  • argumentative
  • bad-tempered
  • be hell on wheelsidiom
  • be like a bear with a sore headidiom
  • be spoiling for a fightidiom
  • grumpily
  • grumpiness
  • grumpy
  • have a short fuseidiom
  • hell
  • petulance
  • petulantly
  • pugnacious
  • pugnacity
  • quarrelsome
  • testily
  • testiness
  • testy
  • tetchily
  • tetchiness
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Physically and mentally mature & immature

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petulance
petulantly
(Definition ofpetulantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

petulant| American Dictionary

petulant
adjective
us
/ˈpetʃ·ə·lənt/
easilyangeredorannoyed,esp. in arudeway:
Heplaysthepartof a petulantyoungman in thefilm.
(Definition ofpetulantfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpetulant

petulant
It is a very valuable, informative and generally well argued, if at times somewhatpetulant, book.
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His son's and his favourite's recent debacle in foreign affairs induced a sulky,petulantgloom in the king that intensified his ill health.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If the voice was not fully supported here there was a danger that the sound, intended to depict deep anguish and suffering, could come out as merelypetulant.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They were, along with the militia who were dragooned from their families and farms and were just aspetulant, the least motivated and the first to abscond.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They will pay a high price for thispetulantand dictatorial piece of folly.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have listened to the arguments, and have confined myself to an impatient orpetulantintervention.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Instead, we are resorting to apetulantattempt to punish where we cannot correct.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was an arrogant andpetulantdisplay of contempt for the ratepayers.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Therefore, he feels that he can avoid admitting anotherpetulanterror.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was designed to bepetulantand to force some silly little confrontations with local government.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is like apetulantschoolmaster who, because some boys play truant, keeps in those who come to school.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Let them be courageous and constructive—notpetulantand negative.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The amateur or professional boxer would not get away with thepetulantbad temper of some tennis players or the "professional foul" of football.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I deplore an attitude ofpetulantjealousy, where there is fear of the other fellow making too much profit.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
So far, our reaction has beenpetulantand ineffective.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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