Definition for Petulance:

• Freakish passion; peevishness; sauciness.

Synonyms for Petulance:

• n.

  •aggravation (noun)
  • discomposure,
  • arousal,
  • bedevilment,
  • pique,
  • aggravation,
  • harassment,
  • annoyance,
  • vexation,
  • provocation,
  • scorn,
  • indignation,
  • torment,
  • bother,
  • disturbance,
  • perturbation,
  • exasperation,
  • resentment,
  • irritation,
  • trouble,
  • inflammation,
  • enragement,
  • exacerbation,
  • virulence,
  • ire.
  •anger (noun)
  • dis pleasures,
  • dis approbation,
  • dis approbations,
  • ill tempers,
  • blow ups,
  • dis-pleasure,
  • cat fits,
  • ranklings,
  • infuriations,
  • out rages,
  • dis-pleasures,
  • out-rage,
  • dis pleasure,
  • dis temper,
  • ill humors,
  • dis-approbations,
  • out rage,
  • hissy fits,
  • out-rages,
  • dis-temper,
  • dis tempers,
  • dis-approbation,
  • slow burns,
  • dis-tempers.
  •choler (noun)
  • choler.
  •fussiness (noun)
  • fussiness.
  •peevishness (noun)
  • cynicism,
  • irritability,
  • bitterness.
  •sullenness (noun)
  • hostility,
  • dejection,
  • moroseness,
  • sulkiness,
  • grimness,
  • contrariness,
  • meanness,
  • melancholy,
  • unfriendliness,
  • grumpiness,
  • moodiness,
  • obstinacy,
  • long-facedness,
  • gloominess,
  • crabbiness,
  • sullenness,
  • glumness,
  • dourness,
  • darkness.
  •temper (noun)
  • out-burst,
  • bad humors,
  • illhumor,
  • fretfulnesses,
  • surlinesses,
  • out bursts,
  • sournesses,
  • ill-humors,
  • illhumors,
  • out burst,
  • cantankerousnesses,
  • huffinesses,
  • grouchinesses,
  • excitabilities,
  • out-bursts,
  • hotheadednesses,
  • crossnesses,
  • touchinesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • bile,
  • crossness,
  • distemper,
  • excitability,
  • fretfulness,
  • gall,
  • hatred,
  • huffiness,
  • ill humor,
  • Ill Humour,
  • ill temper,
  • infuriation,
  • irascibility,
  • malevolence,
  • miff,
  • peevishness,
  • pugnacity,
  • sourness,
  • stew,
  • surliness,
  • tartness,
  • temper,
  • testiness,
  • tetchiness,
  • tizzy,
  • touchiness,
  • violence,
  • Mads,
  • cantankerousness,
  • hotheadedness,
  • grouchiness,
  • irateness,
  • irascibleness,
  • short fuse,
  • hissy fit,
  • slow burn,
  • low boiling point,
  • bad humor,
  • biles,
  • cat fit,
  • ill-humor,
  • short-fuse,
  • make wicked.
  •v.
  • anger.

Antonyms for Petulance:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    charity, affability, love, peacefulness, amicability, easygoingness, self-control, amenity, good-humoredness, peace, mildness, tranquillity, friendliness, amiability, good-temperedness, long-suffering, sociability, kindliness, forbearance, tolerance, amiableness, geniality, serenity, self-restraint, coolness, leniency, gentleness, peaceableness, cordiality, understanding, patience, lenity, agreeableness.

Petulance Sentence Examples:

• There is some passion, and a great deal of petulance, in her tone; and her lovely flower - like face flushes warmly, and there is something besides in her expression that is reproachful.

• Hoodie was perfectly good and gentle all day - almost too much so indeed; Lucy would have liked to see a touch of her old self - will and petulance, for she could not help fearing she was to blame for the strange depression of Hoodie's spirits.