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    Synonyms and Antonyms of petulant

    easily irritated or annoyed
    • a petulant and fussy man who is always blaming everyone else for his problems
    Synonyms of petulant

    choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, irritable, peevish, perverse, pettish, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, waspish

    Words Related to petulant

    bearish, bilious, cantankerous, cross-grained, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, off-color (or off-colored), ornery, querulous, snarly, surly

    argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, fractious, fretful, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent

    huffy, pouty, sensitive, short, sulky, sullen, tetchy, thin-skinned, touchy

    hot-blooded, passionate

    Phrases Synonymous with petulant

    out of humor, out of sorts

    Near Antonyms of petulant

    affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted (also extraverted), friendly, genial, gregarious, outgoing, sociable

    agreeable, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered, sweet, well-disposed

    carefree, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, relaxed

    forbearing, long-suffering, obliging, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining, understanding

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