petulant[adjective]Synonyms: sulky, bad-tempered, huffy, ill-humoured, moody, peevish, sullen
Related Words: grouchy,
sulky [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pet‧u‧lant /ˈpetʃələnt, ˈpetʃʊlənt/
adjective[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: Latin, from petere; ⇒ petition1]
behaving in an unreasonably impatient and angry way, like a child
—petulantly adverb:
‘Which one?’ he demanded petulantly.—petulance noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲