as in peevishness
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Noun
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Severe sunburns can also cause physical discomfort and psychological distress, including pain, irritability, embarrassment, and symptoms like fever and dehydration.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025 -
Mood changes like sadness, anxiety, or irritability arise.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
26 June 2025
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For all his bombast online, for instance, Marcus has said that today’s chatbots are a legitimate breakthrough, just far from the breakthrough; for all of Altman’s petulance, OpenAI’s latest large reasoning models rely on new approaches not so dissimilar from Marcus’s own, decades-old ideas.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
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That love affair with Moss was the foundation and the bulldozer to Culture Club, at times keeping George grounded and at others sparking the singer's legendary petulance.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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The chief example of rudeness here is shouting admonishments at other opera patrons.—
Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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In making up for Basil's rudeness, and even wordlessly putting him in his place for it, Toby really is a mouse's best friend.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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“Fractiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractiousness. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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