Petulance and Spite

Petulance

Petulance noun - Readiness to show annoyance or impatience.

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Spite and petulance are semantically related in anger topic. In some cases you can use "Spite" instead a noun "Petulance".

Nearby Words: petulant, petulantly

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

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Petulance and spite are semantically related in anger topic. Sometimes you can use "Petulance" instead a noun "Spite".

Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting

pure	pure petulance	pure spite
childish	childish petulance	childish spite

Boisterous Bruiser: Henry VIII is this in many ways, but the juvenile good humour can turn into childish petulance and spite at the drop of a hat.

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