petulance

  • 11petulance — /pech euh leuhns/, n. 1. the state or quality of being petulant. 2. a petulant speech or action. [1600 10; < L petulantia impudence. See PETULANT, ANCE] * * * …

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  • 12petulance — noun The property of being petulant …

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  • 13petulance — Synonyms and related words: Faustianism, arbitrariness, beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, caprice, capriciousness, cold comfort, complaining, complaint, crankiness, crotchetiness, destructive criticism, disappointment,&#8230; …

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  • 14petulance — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. peevishness, ill humor, cynicism; see bitterness 2 …

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  • 15petulance — pet·u·lance || petʃəlÉ™ns / petʃʊ n. irascibility, crankiness, state of being ill tempered …

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  • 16petulance — n. Peevishness, fretfulness, testiness, waspishness, crustiness, pettishness, snappishness, irritability, ill temper …

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  • 17petulance — n 1. peevishness, pettishness, Rare. petulancy; ill humoredness, ill humor, touchiness, testiness, waspishness, querulousness, carpingness; irascibleness, irascibility, cholericness, ill temperedness, bad temper, spleen, spleenishness; crabbiness …

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  • 18petulance — pet·u·lance …

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  • 19petulance — See: petulant …

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  • 20petulance — /ˈpɛtʃələns/ (say pechuhluhns) noun 1. petulant spirit or behaviour. 2. the state or quality of being petulant. 3. a petulant speech or action …