Petulance

Definitions

1. Rudeness, insolence.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. An insolent remark or act.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[W]ise men knew, that that, which looked like⟳ pride in some, and like⟳ petulance in others, would, by experience⟳ in affairs, and conversation amongst men, both of which most of them wanted, be in time wrought off […]”

“I believe⟳ I was guilty of a petulance, which nothing but my uneasy situation can excuse⟳; if that can.”

“She […] had shown herself angry and sore, and was now ashamed of her own⟳ petulance, and yet unable to discontinue it.”

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