Petulant

(a.) Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

(a.) Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.

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• She vented petulant words every now and then, but there were sighs between her words, and sudden listenings between her sighs. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• With a little short, petulant 'Oh! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• If ever she delayed compliance, it was only to hear them repeated, and to enjoy her child's soft, half-playful, half-petulant urgency. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• My sister was by nature destitute of the common feelings of anxious, petulant jealousy. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She was too quick in this petulant sally against 'Pa's lodger'; and she felt that she had been so when she met his quiet look. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Caroline looked keenly up, and made a movement towards him, something between the loving and the petulant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• His wound was making him sound petulant. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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