“When Moira reached her mother on the phone, it was hard to take in any information other than that she was being sent away. ‘Babysitting and secretarial work?’ Moira said without saying hello. ‘Organizing lessons?’ ‘Hello, Moira,’ Nina said. ‘Let’s drop this petulant [ˈpɛtʃ.ə.lənt] teenager routine.’ ‘I am a petulant [ˈpɛtʃ.ə.lənt] teenager.’” — Keziah Weir, The Mythmakers: A Novel, 2023

petulant [ˈpɛtʃ.ə.lənt]
adj

Petulant describes a person who is angry and annoyed, or an attitude or behavior showing the emotions of such a person.

Hailing from Middle French and Latin, petulant began its English tenure in the late 16th century... Today the word is most commonly used to describe someone acting snippy and snippety, snappish and snappy, displaying an often childish ill or short temper of the kind that tends to arise from annoyance at not getting one’s way.

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