英 [ˈpetjulənt] 美 [ˈpetʃələnt]
adj. 暴躁的；任性的；难以取悦的
比较级more petulant
最高级most petulant
petulant /ˈpɛtjʊlənt/
形容词 Someone who is petulant is unreasonably angry and upset in a childish way. 使小性子的
His critics say he's just being silly and petulant.
批评他的人说，他真是又愚蠢又任性。
... pertain：适合 petulant：暴躁的 perception：知觉；感觉；看法；洞察力 ...
... pettish adj.易怒的，使性子的 petulant adj.性急的，暴躁的 pharisaic adj.伪善的，伪装虔诚的 ...
... petrify v. 使发呆；变为化石 petulant adj. 脾气坏的 phase n. 阶段，态 ...
... expropriate 没收;征用 petulant 性急的;暴躁的;爱发脾气的 peculate 挪用, 盗用 ...
pettishly 任性地；易怒地；怒气冲冲地
petulantly 任性地；脾气坏地
petulance 易怒；生气；性急；暴躁
His critics say he's just being silly and petulant.
批评他的人说，他真是又愚蠢又任性。
Yet in other moments he seems petulant, tentative and even frail.
但在其他时候，他显得暴躁、迟疑甚至脆弱。
His performances at European summits were petulant and destructive.
在欧盟峰会上，他表现得狂妄自大，破坏性十足。
"If a minister were to do this we would be regarded as petulant, " he said.
He wasn't a petulant Hollywood director or a reckless contestant on reality TV.
There's something inescapably petulant about Romney's preference for critiquing all aspects of the economy but not his role at Bain.