petulant

a. எரிச்சல்கொள்ளுகிற, வெடுவெடுப்பான.

Synonyms

affright alarm terrify scare daunt cow shock frighten discouraged dishearten horrify dismay astound

Antonyms

encourage rally assure embolden reassure

Pet"u*lant, a. Etym: [L. petulans, -antis, prop., making slight attacks upon, from a lost dim. of petere to fall upon, to attack: cf. F. pétulant. See Petition.] 1. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. [Obs.] Burton. 2. Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable. "Petulant moods." Macaulay. Syn. -- Irritable; ill-humored; peevish; cross; fretful; querulous.

petulant - Similar Words

petulantly pustulant postulant petulancy petulance capitulant plant spectant potulent pieplant