petulance
noun
[ ˈpɛtʃʊl(ə)ns ]
• the quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
• "a slight degree of petulance had crept into his voice"
Similar:
peevishness,
bad temper,
ill temper,
pettishness,
pique,
impatience,
irritability,
moodiness,
sulkiness,
snappishness,
touchiness,
waspishness,
irascibility,
tetchiness,
testiness,
querulousness,
fractiousness,
cantankerousness,
grumpiness,
grouchiness,
crabbiness,
ill humour,
spleen,
sullenness,
surliness,
sourness,
churlishness,
ungraciousness,
mardiness,
whinginess,
crankiness,
a sore head,
