Associations to the word «Petulant»
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Adjective
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Wiktionary
PETULANT, adjective. Childishly irritable
PETULANT, adjective. (obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
Dictionary definition
PETULANT, adjective. Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.