What is another word for petulant?
636 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pˈɛtjʊlənt], [ pˈɛtjʊlənt], [ p_ˈɛ_t_j_ʊ_l_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for petulant:- acrimonious (adjective)
- bad-tempered (adjective)
- cantankerous (adjective)
- captious (adjective)
- crabby (adjective)
- crabby, moody (adjective)
- crabby/crabbed (adjective)
- cross (adjective)
- disagreeable (adjective)
- disgruntled (adjective)
- fretful (adjective)
- froward (adjective)
- huffy (adjective)
- ill-natured (adjective)
- ill-tempered (adjective)
- irascible (adjective)
- irritable (adjective)
- moody (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- peevish (adjective)
- perverse (adjective)
- pugnacious (adjective)
- quarrelsome (adjective)
- querulous (adjective)
- quick-tempered (adjective)
- sullen (adjective)
- temperamental (adjective)
- touchy (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Petulant:
adj.
•acrimonious (adjective) •bad-tempered (adjective) •cantankerous (adjective)- ill-humored,
- illhumored,
- more illhumored,
- badtempered,
- ill humored,
- more vinegary,
- most ill-humored,
- more vinegarish,
- most vinegary,
- morose,
- more bearish,
- most illhumored,
- most vinegarish,
- most ill humored,
- more ill-humored,
- most bearish,
- obstinate,
- more ill humored.
- fault finding,
- more nit-picking,
- over-critical,
- more nit picking,
- most deprecating,
- hyper-critical,
- most nit picking,
- more exceptive,
- more deprecating,
- most caviling,
- most cavillous,
- more caviling,
- most nit-picking,
- ex acting,
- more cavillous,
- hyper critical,
- most exceptive,
- nit picking,
- ex-acting,
- overcritical.
- crybaby,
- ungracious,
- Fault-finding,
- whiny,
- mean,
- whining,
- sulky,
- caviling,
- uptight,
- fretful,
- complaining,
- Pouting,
- grumbling.
- mis anthropic,
- more difficult,
- nasty tempered,
- ill tempered,
- gloomy,
- nastytempered,
- most nasty tempered,
- mis-anthropic,
- more nasty tempered,
- more nastytempered,
- most crabbed,
- more nasty-tempered,
- most nasty-tempered,
- un sociable,
- illtempered,
- un-sociable,
- most nastytempered.
- dis satisfied,
- more griping,
- dis appointed,
- dis-contented,
- most uncontent,
- most grousing,
- more grousing,
- dis-content,
- bad tempered,
- more uncontent,
- most malcontented,
- most discontented,
- most griping,
- dis-appointed,
- most kicking,
- dis content,
- dis-satisfied,
- most crabbing,
- dis pleased,
- most ungratified,
- un content,
- most bellyaching,
- more crabbing,
- uncontent,
- most kvetching,
- more bellyaching,
- more kvetching,
- un-content,
- un-gratified,
- un gratified,
- dis-pleased,
- more malcontented,
- dis contented,
- more kicking,
- more ungratified.
- un easy,
- un easier,
- short tempered,
- wreckest,
- un-easiest,
- shorttempered,
- un-easier,
- worried,
- un easiest.
- in submissive,
- more insubmissive,
- un favorable,
- most insubmissive,
- un-favorable,
- in-submissive,
- insubmissive.
- ex-asperated,
- more huffish,
- most irked,
- most riled,
- miffed,
- most moping,
- more riled,
- more exasperated,
- more irked,
- more nettled,
- more piqued,
- more moping,
- most exasperated,
- most nettled,
- ex asperated,
- most piqued,
- most huffish.
- ill natured,
- hot tempered,
- most tempersome,
- un-kinder,
- most cussed,
- un kind,
- more tempersome,
- illnatured,
- un-kindest,
- tempersome,
- un kinder,
- more cussed,
- un-kind,
- un kindest.
- bellicose,
- petty,
- bitchy,
- Fretting,
- churlish,
- tart,
- oversensitive,
- acerbic,
- spiteful,
- bitter,
- acid,
- easily offended,
- caustic.
- gladiatorial,
- out-of-sorts,
- down in dumps,
- grouchy,
- prickly,
- dissentious,
- nasty-tempered,
- acrimonious,
- waspish,
- quarrelsome,
- cross,
- wrecker,
- ungratified,
- moody,
- kvetching,
- perverse,
- querulous,
- grousing,
- pettish,
- Perturbable,
- nit-picking,
- pugnacious,
- contentious,
- out of humor,
- irascible,
- testy,
- shrewish,
- Malcontented,
- down in the dumps,
- waspy,
- bearish,
- grumpy,
- in doldrums,
- vinegarish,
- disgruntled,
- warrer,
- bundle of nerves,
- head-strong,
- cat-and-dog,
- hardnosed,
- Chuffy,
- peevish,
- Mumpish,
- in the doldrums,
- Exceptive,
- touchy,
- ructious,
- captious,
- huffish,
- down in mouth,
- hottempered,
- sullen,
- Cavillous,
- quick-tempered,
- over critical,
- vinegary,
- disagreeable,
- in a huff,
- cantankerous,
- self-willed.
- more out of sorts,
- most out of sorts,
- waspiest,
- most growling,
- more whining,
- more growling,
- more out-of-sorts,
- waspier,
- most out-of-sorts,
- most whining.
- dis-obedient,
- dis obedient,
- most self willed,
- most selfwilled,
- more selfwilled,
- un yielding,
- un healthy,
- selfwilled,
- more self willed,
- de-generate,
- un-healthiest,
- un-healthy,
- un-reasonable,
- un healthier,
- most self-willed,
- un reasonable,
- un-yielding,
- un healthiest,
- hard nosed,
- de generate,
- self willed,
- more self-willed.
- ex-citable,
- have chip shoulder,
- most cat and dog,
- more dissentious,
- warrest,
- cat and dog,
- more ructious,
- most dissentious,
- most gladiatorial,
- most cat-and-dog,
- have chip on shoulder,
- most ructious,
- more cat and dog,
- ex citable,
- more cat-and-dog,
- more gladiatorial.
n.
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- irritated,
- displeased,
- annoyed,
- upset,
- put out,
- belligerent,
- mad,
- angry,
- fed up.
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- nasty,
- out of sorts,
- ugly,
- snappy,
- attitude.
- contrary,
- short,
- bolshy,
- irritable,
- impatient,
- snappish,
- fuse,
- peppery,
- ratty,
- crabby,
- huffy,
- bed,
- argumentative,
- Hell,
- fractious,
- ornery,
- sensitivity,
- short-tempered,
- stroppy,
- hot,
- sour,
- crusty,
- crotchety,
- techy,
- bear,
- peckish,
- spiky,
- wear,
- scratchy,
- quick temper,
- bilious,
- tetchy,
- ill-tempered,
- surly,
- curmudgeon,
- truculent,
- nettlesome,
- cranky,
- Chippy,
- shrew,
- bad-tempered,
- dyspeptic,
- contrariness,
- narky,
- scrappy,
- obstreperous,
- spoil,
- dispute.
Other synonyms:
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- autocratic.
- depressed,
- currish,
- peremptory,
- impressionable,
- Snippety,
- cutting,
- pindling,
- emotional,
- Naggy,
- arbitrary,
- hotheaded,
- funereal,
- bothersome,
- disputatious,
- edgy,
- highly strung,
- plaguy,
- Squabbling,
- pesky,
- uneven,
- Moanful,
- disappointed,
- muttering,
- snippy,
- ungoverned,
- curt,
- bitching,
- grating,
- unpleasant,
- vehement,
- sulking,
- on edge,
- fussy,
- Snarling,
- brusque,
- crank,
- Humorsome,
- liverish,
- murmuring,
- supersensitive,
- harebrained,
- vicious,
- warm,
- sublime,
- vexatious,
- plaintive,
- fantastic,
- hot-blooded,
- unhappy,
- abrasive,
- hot-tempered,
- dismal,
- rough,
- lugubrious,
- harsh,
- Hot-headed,
- unfulfilled,
- huff,
- quirky,
- wilful,
- vexing,
- tender,
- cross-grained,
- maggoty,
- vagrant,
- teasing,
- stubborn,
- bluff,
- restless,
- sombre,
- dissatisfied,
- embittered,
- het up,
- fantastical,
- sarcastic,
- shirty,
- wise man,
- blunt,
- recalcitrant,
- stuffy,
- pert,
- unreasonable,
- antagonistic,
- terse,
- pestiferous,
- passionate,
- in a pique,
- discontent,
- growling,
- responsive,
- fiery,
- curmudgeonly,
- ill-humoured,
- dissident,
- susceptible,
- peeved,
- rebellious,
- grumpish,
- annoying,
- hypercritical,
- choleric,
- unsatisfied,
- wailful,
- envious,
- attuned,
- stinging,
- irritating,
- restive,
- Griping,
- lofty,
- Cavilling,
- intractable,
- wayward,
- catty,
- sensitive,
- acerb,
- sorrowful,
- querulant,
- Complaintful,
- mournful,
- excitable,
- fanciful,
- bellyaching,
- poetic,
- discontented,
- high-strung,
- capricious,
- impolite,
- petition,
- plaguey,
- malcontent,
- wanton,
- Susceptive,
- impassioned,
- Ululant,
- finicky,
- Whimpering,
- rude,
- vexed,
- dissentient,
- gruff,
- angered,
- raspy,
- carping,
- biting,
- factious,
- vixenish,
- ungovernable,
- uncivil,
- froward,
- volatile,
- in a pet,
- litigious,
- dreary,
- thin-skinned,
- overhasty,
- petulance,
- resentful,
- unrestrained,
- croaking,
- rasping,
- explosive,
- reactive,
- kinky,
- tense,
- vulnerable,
- Puling,
- aggressive,
- wrathful,
- notional,
- Vagarious,
- combative,
- exasperated,
- elevated,
- motiveless,
- depressing,
- Fantasied,
- criticizing,
- plangent,
- whimsical,
- abrupt,
- unaccepting,
- hasty,
- flaky,
- over-particular,
- gravelly,
- browned off,
- freakish,
- saucy,
- finical,
- beefing,
- snarky,
- howling,
- brooding,
- provoked,
- antisocial,
- eloquent,
- galling,
- difficult,
- bad-humoured,
- critical,
- hypersensitive,
- nagging,
- Crabbing,
- discourteous,
- spotty,
- untoward,
- in,
- acidulous,
- temperamental,
- refractory,
- unaccommodating,
- pestering,
- Vixenly,
- quick,
- tippy,
- and Irish cranky,
- censorious,
- in high dudgeon,
- uneasy,
- Piqued.
Antonyms for Petulant:
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adj.
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Other antonyms:
companionable, accommodating, forbearing, friendly, amiable, compliant, good-tempered, sweet, easygoing, stoic, genial, gregarious, cordial, obliging, carefree, extroverted, outgoing, well-disposed, understanding, relaxed, sociable, happy-go-lucky, kind, tolerant, governable, uncomplaining, long-suffering, amenable, complaisant.
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