Usually means: Irritable or childish behavior or mood.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 10 dictionaries that define the word petulancy:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. petulancy: Merriam-Webster
  2. petulancy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. petulancy: Wordnik
  4. petulancy: Wiktionary
  5. petulancy: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. petulancy: Dictionary.com
  7. Petulancy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Petulancy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. petulancy: FreeDictionary.org
  10. petulancy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (petulancy)

▸ noun:  petulance; petulant attitude or behaviour

Similar:
captiousness, capernosity, pawkiness, finicking, querulent, truckling, bile, punkishness, frumpery, pissant, more...

Opposite:
composure, calmness, serenity, tranquility

▸ Words similar to petulancy

▸ Usage examples for petulancy

▸ Idioms related to petulancy

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing petulancy

▸ Words that often appear near petulancy

▸ Rhymes of petulancy

▸ Invented words related to petulancy

Similar:
captiousness, capernosity, pawkiness, finicking, querulent, truckling, bile, punkishness, frumpery, pissant, more...

Opposite:
composure, calmness, serenity, tranquility



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "petulancy" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux