petulant
adjective
[ ˈpɛtjʊl(ə)nt ]
• (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
• "he was moody and petulant"
Similar:
peevish,
bad-tempered,
ill-tempered,
pettish,
cross,
impatient,
irritable,
moody,
in a bad mood,
sulky,
snappish,
crotchety,
touchy,
waspish,
irascible,
tetchy,
testy,
querulous,
fractious,
captious,
cantankerous,
grumpy,
complaining,
whiny,
fretful,
huffish,
huffy,
pouty,
disgruntled,
crabbed,
crabby,
ill-humoured,
sullen,
surly,
sour,
churlish,
ungracious,
splenetic,
choleric,
snappy,
chippy,
grouchy,
cranky,
ratty,
narky,
eggy,
whingy,
miffy,
mumpish,
mardy,
soreheaded,
sorehead,
peckish,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘immodest’): from French pétulant, from Latin petulant- ‘impudent’ (related to petere ‘aim at, seek’). The current sense (mid 18th century) is influenced by pettish.
