petulant
adjectiveHow many syllables in petulant?
There are 3 syllables in the word petulant.How to pronounce petulant:
Definition of petulant:
- petulant (adjective):
- easily irritated or annoyed.
- insolent or rude in speech or behavior
Synonyms for petulant:
bad-tempered
captious
cavilling
choleric
crabbed
crabby
cranky
cross
crotchety
crusty
fault-finding
fiery
fractious
fretful
grouchy
grumpy
huffy
ill-humoured
ill-natured
impatient
irascible
irritable
moody
nettlesome
out of humor
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Antonyms for petulant:
accepting
accessible
accommodating
accomodating
acquiescent
adaptable
affable
affectionate
agreeable
altruistic
amenable
amiable
amicable
anti-war
approachable
balmy
benevolent
benign
biddable
bighearted
blithe
blithesome
bonhomous
bouncy
breezy
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- assignment
- remembrance
- ill-tempered
- intrigued
- intercept
- consoling
- Aingeru
- foreshadow
- consisted
- castigate
- cherishing
- hedgehog
- jauntily
- rendezvous
- elided
- poignancy
- affiance
- forcefully
- terrific
- easiest
- verify
- groundbreaking
- omitting
- panicked
- papery
- concoction
- extolling
- Gloucester
- woebegone
- topical
- envying
- eagerness
- glistening
- demolish
- exactly
- upheaval
- seamlessly
- peaceable
- obscuring
- specialize
- disarray
- cozier
- entertained
- sublimely
- entreating
- resounded
- outwardly
- resorted
- talkative
- demurring
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In certain poetic forms, like the sonnet, syllable count per line is strictly regulated to achieve a specific rhythmic effect.
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