Petulance

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Sauciness; wantonness; rudeness.
  • noun. The character of being petulant; a petulant character or disposition; peevish impatience or caprice; pettishness.
  • noun. Synonyms See captious and petulant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor.
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  • noun. The property of being petulant.
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  • noun. an irritable petulant feeling
    • Word Usage
    "Of course, a healthy dose of petulance is is one of the hallmarks of polemics (to say nothing of talk show hosts), right?"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    distemper  ill humor  ill humour  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    pet  testiness  tetchiness  touchiness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    animosity  arrogance  caprice  haughtiness  impatience  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Faustianism  arbitrariness  beef  beefing  bellyache  
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