petulant

See also: pétulant

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from Latin petulāns, akin to petere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtʃələnt/, /ˈpɛtjələnt/

Adjective

petulant (comparative more petulant, superlative most petulant)

1. childishly irritable

   Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior.

2. (obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burton to this entry?)

Synonyms

• huffy
• snappish
• irritable
• grouchy
• bad-tempered
• ill-tempered
• crabby

Antonyms

• easygoing

Translations

easily irritated or annoyed

• Armenian: խռովկան (hy) (xṙovkan) (colloquial), նեղացկոտ (hy) (neġacʻkot)
• Chinese: 易怒 (yì nù).
• Czech: popudlivý m
• Dutch: luimig, prikkelbaar (nl), zenuwachtig (nl)
• Faroese: bitutur
• Finnish: kiukutteleva
• French: irascible (fr) m or f, pétulant (fr) m
• Galician: farfallán m, chufón (gl) m, botado m, bamborriñeiro m
• German: leicht reizbar, gereizt (de), nervös (de), launisch (de), launenhaft, verdrießlich (de), borstig (de), bockig (de), zickig (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Haitian Creole: agresif
• Hungarian: sértődékeny (hu), ingerlékeny (hu), nyűgös (hu)
• Italian: petulante (it)
• Latin: petulans
• Maori: whanewhane
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amper (no), hårsår (no), lunefull, pirrelig

  Nynorsk: amper (no), hårsår (no), lunefull, pirrelig

• Russian: раздражи́тельный (ru) (razdražítelʹnyj)
• Slovak: nevrlý

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French pétulant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpeː.tuˈlɑnt/
• Hyphenation: pe‧tu‧lant

Adjective

petulant (not comparable)

1. (rare) exuberant

Inflection

Declension of petulant
uninflected	petulant
inflected	petulante
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		petulant
indefinite	m./f. sing.	petulante
	n. sing.	petulant
	plural	petulante
definite		petulante
partitive		petulants