Usually means: Irritation over trivial matters; impatience.
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  1. petulance: Merriam-Webster
  2. petulance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. petulance: Collins English Dictionary
  4. petulance: Vocabulary.com
  5. Petulance, petulance: Wordnik
  6. petulance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. petulance: Wiktionary
  8. petulance: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Petulance, petulance: Dictionary.com
  10. Petulance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. petulance: Rhymezone
  12. Petulance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. petulance: FreeDictionary.org
  14. petulance: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (petulance)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) Rudeness, insolence.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) An insolent remark or act.
▸ noun:  Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness.

Similar:
peevishness, fretfulness, irritability, fussiness, choler, crossness, uncivility, discourtship, arrogancy, outrecuidance, more...

Opposite:
docility, submissiveness, meekness

Types:
pout, sulk, mope, fume, fret, chafe, be peevish, be petulant, more...

Phrases:
bit of petulance, opposite of petulance, more...

Adjectives:
childish, own, mere, certain, sudden, much, little, boyish, mock, pretty, natural

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Similar:
peevishness, fretfulness, irritability, fussiness, choler, crossness, uncivility, discourtship, arrogancy, outrecuidance, more...

Opposite:
docility, submissiveness, meekness

Types:
pout, sulk, mope, fume, fret, chafe, be peevish, be petulant, more...

Phrases:
bit of petulance, opposite of petulance, more...

Adjectives:
childish, own, mere, certain, sudden, much, little, boyish, mock, pretty, natural

Colors:
    chartreuse,     mauve,     puce,     vermilion,     ochre, more...



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