Petulant
Petulant adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Restive and petulant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Restive" instead an adjective "Petulant".
Nearby Words: petulance, petulantly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- impatient and petulant
- impatient and restive
- perverse and petulant
- perverse and restive
- touchy and petulant
- touchy and restive
- fractious and petulant
- fractious and restive
- excitable and petulant
- excitable and restive
- querulous and petulant
- querulous and restive
- cantankerous and petulant
- cantankerous and restive
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Restive and Petulant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/petulant/restive
Petulant & Restive. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/petulant/restive>.
Restive or Petulant. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/petulant/restive.
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