Malcontent
Malcontent adjective - Having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions.
Petulant and malcontent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Petulant" instead an adjective "Malcontent".
Petulant
Petulant adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Malcontent and petulant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Malcontent" instead an adjective "Petulant".
Nearby Words: petulance, petulantly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cranky and malcontent
- cranky and petulant
- irritated and malcontent
- irritated and petulant
- vexed and malcontent
- vexed and petulant
- resentful and malcontent
- resentful and petulant
- annoyed and malcontent
- annoyed and petulant
- querulous and malcontent
- querulous and petulant
- crabby and malcontent
- crabby and petulant
Both words in one sentence
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Broken Pedestal: The Final Five, depicted in visions as glowing angelic beings in long flowing robes and held up as gods by the other six Cylons, turn out to be the five most screwed up, petty, petulant, disorderly, malcontent, self-centered and, ironically, human characters in the whole series.
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