Petulant
Petulant adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Usage example: a petulant and fussy man who is always blaming everyone else for his problems
Querulous is a synonym for petulant in attitude topic. In some cases you can use "Querulous" instead an adjective "Petulant", when it comes to topics like cranky, fussy, crabby, sulky. popular alternative
Nearby Words: petulance, petulantly
Querulous
Querulous adjective - Given to complaining a lot.
Usage example: car trips that were frequently spoiled by a couple of querulous passengers in the back
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritable and petulant
- irritable and querulous
- cranky and petulant
- cranky and querulous
- ill-tempered and petulant
- ill-tempered and querulous
- testy and petulant
- testy and querulous
- touchy and petulant
- touchy and querulous
- fractious and petulant
- fractious and querulous
- irascible and petulant
- irascible and querulous
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