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petulant
adjective as in crabby, moody
Example Sentences
Nixon may have been paranoid but at least he didn’t sound like a petulant teenager.
“While our improper payments will go up, and fraudsters may compromise identities, no money will go from the public trust to a petulant child.”
“Daddy” pretends to be powerful, but only to mask that he has nothing to offer but petulant aggression toward those who can’t fight back.
With actress Julie Christie or supermodel Jean Shrimpton on his arm, he specialised in playing sophisticated villains: including Superman's arch nemesis, General Zod, and the petulant Sergeant Troy in Far From the Madding Crowd.
After spending the last six months stuck to Donald Trump like quick-drying cement, Elon Musk is backing away from politics and sounding mighty petulant about the whole thing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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