Category:Petulant

Pet"u*lant, a. Etym: [l. petulans, -antis, prop., making slight Attacks upon, from a lost dim. of petere to fall upon, to attack: cf. F. pétulant. See petition.]

1. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. [obs.] Burton.

2. Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; Irritable. "petulant moods." Macaulay.

Syn. -- irritable; ill-humored; peevish; cross; fretful; querulous.