8 Letter Words for Petulant
patulent, petulant
7 Letter Words for Petulant
alupent, platten, plutean, unpetal, unpleat, upleant
6 Letter Words for Petulant
attune, eluant, latent, latten, lunate, lutten, nattle, nutate, nutlet, pantle, patent, patten, pattle, peanut, penult, planet, platen, platte, pultan, punlet, puntal, puntat, puntel, puteal, puttan, putten, talent, tantle, taplet, tapnet, tauten, tutela, unpale, unplat, uplane, uplean
5 Letter Words for Petulant
alenu, aleut, alpen, altun, anlet, attle, atule, atune, enapt, ental, laten, latte, leapt, lepta, letup, lunet, lutea, nepal, palet, panel, patel, paten, patte, pattu, pelta, penal, penta, petal, plane, plant, plate, pleat, plena, punta, tapen, tapet, tapul, taunt, taupe, tenla, tepal, tuant, tunal, tuple, ulnae, ulpan, unapt, unlap, unlet, untap, upeat
4 Letter Words for Petulant
alen, alep, anet, ante, antu, atle, atte, attn, aune, aunt, aute, elan, etat, etna, etua, laen, laet, lane, lant, late, laun, lean, leap, leat, lena, lent, lepa, lett, luna, lune, lunt, lupe, lute, nael, nale, nape, napu, natl, natu, naut, neal, neap, neat, nepa, neut, pale, palt, pane, pant, pate, patt, patu, paul, paut, peal, pean, peat, pela, pelt, pelu, pent, peta, plan, plat, plea, puan, pula, pule, puna, punt, putt, tael, taen, tale, tane, tape, tapu, tate, tatu, taun, taut, teal, tean, teap, teat, tela, telt, tent, tepa, tuan, tula, tule, tuna, tune, tute, ulan, ulna, ulta, unal, unta, upla
3 Letter Words for Petulant
ale, aln, alp, alt, ane, ant, anu, ape, apl, apt, ate, atp, att, aul, ean, eat, eau, ela, elt, enl, epa, eta, lan, lap, lat, lea, lep, let, leu, lpn, lue, lut, nae, nap, nat, nea, nep, net, nul, nut, pal, pan, pat, pau, pea, pel, pen, pet, plu, pta, pte, ptt, pua, pul, pun, put, tal, tan, tap, tat, tau, tea, tel, ten, tet, tln, tnt, tua, tue, tun, tup, tut, ula, ule, ult, una, unl, unp, uta, ute
Definitions for Petulant
[1] moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head.
[2] irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way
Words related to Petulant
impatient, sullen, perverse, testy, cranky, fractious, irritable, whiny, bad-tempered, captious, complaining, cross, crybaby, displeased, fault-finding, fretful, grouchy, grumbling, huffy, mean
Words nearby Petulant
petty officer, petty sessions, petty-fitzmaurice, petulance, petulancy, petulant, petunia, petuntse, petworth house, petén-itzá, petöfi
Origin of Petulant
1590–1600; < Latin petulant- (stem of petulāns ) impudent, akin to petere to seek, head for
Other words from Petulant
pet·u·lant·ly , adverb
un·pet·u·lant , adjective
un·pet·u·lant·ly , adverb
Word origin for Petulant
C16: via Old French from Latin petulāns bold, from petulāre (unattested) to attack playfully, from petere to assail
Synonyms for Petulant
cranky, fractious, impatient, irritable, perverse, sullen, testy, whiny, bad-tempered, captious, caviling, complaining, cross, crybaby, displeased, fault-finding, fretful, grouchy, grumbling, huffy, ill-humored, mean, peevish, pouting, querulous, snappish, sour, sulky, touchy, ungracious, uptight, waspish, whining
