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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Recent Examples of petulant
Over four seasons of The Righteous Gemstones, viewers could rely on certain things: male full frontal, jokes about ass play, a moment of physical comedy from Edi Patterson’s petulant and petty Judy Gemstone that might cause your face to break from laughter.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 May 2025
Your rights now depend on the grievances of one petulant old man and his shameless enablers.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
During his rise to fame in the Eighties, Val Kilmer garnered a reputation among his peers and the media as a brooding young actor who was often petulant on set.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Even Pontius seems to have dropped his petulant glare for the time being.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 May 2025
Your rights now depend on the grievances of one petulant old man and his shameless enablers.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
During his rise to fame in the Eighties, Val Kilmer garnered a reputation among his peers and the media as a brooding young actor who was often petulant on set.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Even Pontius seems to have dropped his petulant glare for the time being.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petulant
Adjective
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Her tone is free-associative, irritable and rat-a-tat.—
Alexandra Jacobs,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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When an owner is distracted or irritable from work stress, the dog notices.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Northrop Grumman saw some fiery drama during a test of a more powerful version of the solid rocket booster that would be used if NASA’s Artemis program ever gets to its ninth launch using the beleaguered Space Launch System rocket.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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The first week of summer is wrapping up after searing, triple digit heat in the East, a flurry of deadly lightning strikes that sent dozens to hospitals and fiery debates over the future of some of the nation's public lands.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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“Petulant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petulant. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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