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petulant
adjective as in crabby, moody
Example Sentences
The fact that the president’s approval rating has been on the decline as he’s increasingly become a petulant sandbox bully isn’t actually incongruous.
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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