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Adjective: petulant  pe-tyû-lunt or pe-chu-lunt
  1. Easily irritated or annoyed
    "an incorrigibly petulant young man";
    - cranky [informal], fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish [N. Amer, informal], pettish, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy, pouty, narky [Brit, slang]

See also: ill-natured

Nearest

petty cash
petty criticism
petty juror
petty jury
petty larceny
petty morel
petty officer
petty spurge
petty whin
petulance
petulant
petulantly
petunia
Petunia
Petunia axillaris
Petunia hybrida
Petunia integrifolia
Peul
pew
pewee
pewit