petulant

Meaning of petulant

adjective
  1. Childishly irritable
    Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior.
  2. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

Information about petulant

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of petulant

petu-lant

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • petulant is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

petulant synonyms

Meaning cranky:

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy

Meaning :

brazen, flippant, impertinent, crabby, grouchy, huffy, snappish

petulant antonyms

Meaning :

easygoing

Anagrams of petulant

patulent

Words that rhyme with petulant

lant, Galant, alant, balant, exhalant, galant, inhalant, nonchalant, sealant, talant, zealant, resemblant, semblant, tremblant, unresemblant, gelant, libelant, novelant, revelant, sequelant, zelant, circumflant, sanglant, assailant, battailant, batteilant, chemosterilant, conjubilant, deoppilant, habilant, horripilant, hypervigilant, jubilant, nonsibilant, nonvigilant, oppilant, pasquilant, previgilant, pugilant, rutilant, sibilant, sterilant, subsibilant, supervigilant, unjubilant, unsibilant, unvigilant, vigilant, Feuillant, appellant

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