petulant

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How to pronounce petulant in British English: 英 [ ˈpetjulənt]word uk audio image

How to pronounce petulant in American English: 美 [ ˈpetʃələnt] word us audio image

  • Adjective:
    easily irritated or annoyed

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petulant
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petulant (adj.)
1590s, "immodest, wanton, saucy," from Middle French petulant (mid-14c.), from Latin petulantem (nominative petulans) "wanton, froward, saucy, insolent," present participle of petere "to attack, assail; strive after; ask for, beg, beseech" (see petition (n.)). Meaning "peevish, irritable" first recorded 1775, probably by influence of pet (n.2). Related: Petulantly.

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1. Meanwhile , on the other side of the most petulant political slapfight in years , democrats complained that it was john mccain who they blamed for interrupting a consensus last week .

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