Petulant
Petulant adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Usage example: a petulant and fussy man who is always blaming everyone else for his problems
Snappish is a synonym for petulant in attitude topic. In some cases you can use "Snappish" instead an adjective "Petulant", when it comes to topics like crabby, sulky.
Nearby Words: petulance, petulantly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritable and petulant
- irritable and snappish
- cranky and petulant
- cranky and snappish
- ill-tempered and petulant
- ill-tempered and snappish
- testy and petulant
- testy and snappish
- touchy and petulant
- touchy and snappish
- fractious and petulant
- fractious and snappish
- irascible and petulant
- irascible and snappish
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