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petulant

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ˈpe.tʃə.lənt/
    • /ˈpe.tjʊ.lənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈpe.tʃə.lənt/

Definitions of petulant word

  • adjective petulant sulky or irritable 1
  • adjective petulant Someone who is petulant is unreasonably angry and upset in a childish way. 0
  • adjective petulant irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way 0
  • adjective petulant forward or insolent 0
  • adjective petulant impatient or irritable, esp. over petty things; peevish 0
  • adjective petulant childishly irritable. 0
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Parts of speech for Petulant

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Petulant

petulant popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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