Petulant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

easily irritated or annoyed

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛtʃələnt/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛtjʊlənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛtjʊlənt/

3 syllables Say it as /pˈɛtʃələnt/.

Examples

an incorrigibly fractious young man
not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fractious cranky tetchy peckish scratchy peevish irritable pettish nettlesome techy testy

Parts of Speech

adjective

easily irritated or annoyed

“an incorrigibly fractious young man”

Word Forms

crank	noun	a bad-tempered person
crankiness	noun	a fussy and eccentric disposition
fractiousness	noun	the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
irritability	noun	an irritable petulant feeling
peevishness	noun	an irritable petulant feeling
pettishness	noun	a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
petulance	noun	an irritable petulant feeling
testiness	noun	feeling easily irritated
tetchiness	noun	feeling easily irritated

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gereizt

leicht gereizt oder genervt

🇫🇷French

irritable

facilement irrité ou ennuyé

🇪🇸Spanish

malhumorado

fácilmente irritado o molesto

🇮🇹Italian

petulante

facilmente irritabile o infastidito

🇳🇱Dutch

prikkelbaar

gemakkelijk geïrriteerd of geïrriteerd

🇵🇹Portuguese

petulante

facilmente irritado ou irritado

🇷🇺Russian

раздражительный

легко раздражается или раздражается

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ढीठ

आसानी से चिढ़ जाना या परेशान होना

🇧🇩Bengali

পেটুল্যান্ট

সহজেই বিরক্ত বা বিরক্ত

🇮🇳Tamil

துறுதுறுப்பான

எளிதில் எரிச்சல் அல்லது எரிச்சல்

🇮🇳Telugu

పెటులెంట్

సులభంగా చిరాకు లేదా చిరాకు

🇮🇳Marathi

पेटुलंट

सहज चिडचिड किंवा नाराज

🇮🇳Gujarati

પેટ્યુલન્ટ

સરળતાથી ચિડાઈ જવું અથવા નારાજ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ಷುಲ್ಲಕ

ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿ ಅಥವಾ ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പെറ്റുലൻ്റ്

എളുപ്പത്തിൽ പ്രകോപിതരാകുകയോ ശല്യപ്പെടുത്തുകയോ ചെയ്യുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੇਟੁਲੈਂਟ

ਆਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਚਿੜਚਿੜੇ ਜਾਂ ਨਾਰਾਜ਼

🇵🇰Urdu

پیٹولنٹ

آسانی سے چڑچڑا یا ناراض

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

任性的

容易被激怒或恼怒

🇯🇵Japanese

短気な

簡単にイライラしたりイライラしたりする

🇰🇷Korean

심술궂은

쉽게 짜증을 내거나 짜증을 낸다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nóng nảy

dễ bị kích thích hoặc khó chịu

🇹🇭Thai

ขี้งอน

หงุดหงิดหรือรำคาญได้ง่าย

🇮🇩Indonesian

pemarah

mudah tersinggung atau jengkel

🇵🇭Filipino

makulit

madaling mairita o mainis

🇲🇾Malay

petulan

mudah jengkel atau jengkel

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متقلب

منزعج أو منزعج بسهولة

🇮🇷Persian

متعصب

به راحتی تحریک می شود یا اذیت می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

huysuz

kolayca sinirlenir veya sinirlenir

🇮🇱Hebrew

רַגזָן

מתעצבן או מתעצבן בקלות

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