MEANING
Showing impatient irritation in a childish or sulky manner.
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- petulant gesture
- petulant reply
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A petulant gesture knocked the cup aside.
Her petulant reply disappointed the others.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more petulant; superlative most petulant where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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