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petulant

/pech-uh-luhnt/US // ˈpɛtʃ ə lənt //UK // (ˈpɛtjʊlənt) //

娇气,娇气的,娇气的人,娇惯

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.crabby, moody
Synonyms
cranky烦躁不安,脾气暴躁,烦躁的,烦躁不安的fractious烦躁不安,烦躁不安的,烦躁的,烦乱的impatient急于求成,急躁,耐心,急于求成的人irritable烦躁,烦躁不安,烦躁的,易怒perverse反常的,反常,乖张,悖逆的sullen愠怒,闷闷不乐,忧郁的,哭丧着脸testy诙谐,狡猾的,暴躁,狡猾的人whiny抱怨的,发牢骚的,唧唧歪歪,唧唧歪歪的bad-tempered脾气不好的人,脾气不好的,脾气不好,坏脾气captious迷人的,掳掠,任性,束手就擒caviling凹凸不平,穴居,龋齿,空洞complaining抱怨,抱怨声,埋怨,投诉cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形crybaby哭泣的孩子,哭泣的人,啼哭的孩子,哭哭啼啼的人displeased不悦,不悦的,不高兴,不高兴的fault-finding找茬,寻错,找错,寻疵fretful烦躁不安的,烦躁不安,焦躁不安,焦躁不安的grouchy焦躁不安,忧郁的,脾气暴躁的,焦躁不安的grumbling怨声载道,埋怨,抱怨声,抱怨huffy愠怒,愠怒的,烦躁不安,烦躁ill-humored无聊,恶俗的,恶俗,恶作剧mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是peevish乖张,乖戾,乖张的,乖戾的pouting撅着嘴,噘嘴,撅嘴,撅着屁股querulous哓哓不休,哓哓不休的,哓哓不绝,哓哓不已snappish尖刻的,尖锐的,尖刻,尖刻的人sour酸性的,酸溜溜的,酸味的,酸性sulky闷闷不乐,闷闷不乐的,闷骚,闷骚的touchy敏感的,棘手的,敏感,触摸式ungracious无礼,毫无风度,无礼的,不礼貌的uptight拘谨,拘谨的,拘束,拘谨的人waspish卑鄙小人,卑鄙的人,卑鄙的,卑鄙无耻whining抱怨,唧唧歪歪,牢骚满腹,抱怨声

Examples

  • There to stay, tucked back in some recess of my brain, petulant, an ever-nagging reminder of having been Isabel.

  • At best, if the stories are true, you sound petulant, cosseted, and bratty.

  • He can seem on occasion morose, on other occasions petulant, and never comfortable in interviews.

  • The slimy, childish, petulant Viserys starts off as a symbol of everything about Targaryen rule Westeros has rejected.

  • Petulant billionaires singlehandedly funded rivals to Mitt Romney.

  • They seem, in fact, like cranky, petulant children, coked to the gills.

  • "It is very tiresome," said Ethel, nearly convinced, but in a slightly petulant voice.

  • Now there was something half tired, half petulant, and wholly puzzled about her face as she swept into the room.

  • They are petulant, capricious, and despite their apparent energy they accomplish nothing.

  • With a noisy, petulant fluttering of foliage the bushes sprang back to their former position.

  • He noted, too, that her gorgeous ash-blond hair had been carefully "done," piled in high masses above her petulant face.