petulant

petulant is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
2. adjective. Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
3. adjective. easily irritated or annoyed

   "an incorrigibly fractious young man"

   "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

   Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy

Synonyms

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in petulant:

patulent

Common word forms

petulantly

Words from these letters

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