Petulance
Petulance noun - Readiness to show annoyance or impatience.
Usage example: I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue
Sulkiness and petulance are semantically related. in peevishness topic. In some cases you can use "Sulkiness" instead a noun "Petulance".
Nearby Words: petulant, petulantly
Sulkiness
Sulkiness noun - A state of resentful silence or irritability.
Usage example: turned into a very pleasant adult when she finally outgrew her adolescent sulkiness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- temper and petulance
- temper and sulkiness
- anger and petulance
- anger and sulkiness
- irritability and petulance
- irritability and sulkiness
- testiness and petulance
- testiness and sulkiness
- peevishness and petulance
- peevishness and sulkiness
- irascibility and petulance
- irascibility and sulkiness
- sourness and petulance
- sourness and sulkiness
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Sulkiness and Petulance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/petulance/sulkiness
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Sulkiness or Petulance. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/petulance/sulkiness.
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