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The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
Malcolm Gladwell

Meaning of "petulance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PETULANCE

petulance  [ˈpɛtjʊləns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETULANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Petulance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PETULANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

petulance

Annoyance

Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by such effects as irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking. It can lead to emotions such as frustration and anger. The property of being easily annoyed is called irritability.

Definition of petulance in the English dictionary

The definition of petulance in the dictionary is the condition of being irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PETULANCE


ambulance
ˈæmbjʊləns
condolence
kənˈdəʊləns
corpulence
ˈkɔːpjʊləns
crapulence
ˈkræpjʊləns
feculence
ˈfekjʊləns
flatulence
ˈflætʃʊləns
flocculence
ˈflɒkjʊləns
fraudulence
ˈfrɔːdjʊləns
opulence
ˈɒpjʊləns
pulverulence
pʌlˈvɛrʊləns
purulence
ˈpjʊərʊləns
redolence
ˈrɛdəʊləns
somnambulance
sɒmˈnæmbjʊləns
stridulance
ˈstrɪdjʊləns
succulence
ˈsʌkjʊləns
temulence
ˈtemjʊləns
truculence
ˈtrʌkjʊləns
turbulence
ˈtɜːbjʊləns
undulance
ˈʌndjʊləns
virulence
ˈvɪrʊləns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETULANCE

petto
petty
petty bourgeois
petty bourgeoisie
petty cash
petty crime
petty criminal
petty expenses
petty juror
petty jury
petty larceny
petty officer
petty official
petty sessions
petulancy
petulant
petulantly
petunia
petuntse
petuntze

WORDS THAT END LIKE PETULANCE

account balance
advance
at a glance
balance
elance
freelance
glance
imbalance
in the balance
lance
on balance
resemblance
semblance
strike a balance
surveillance
the Balance
trial balance
valance
video surveillance
vigilance
work/life balance

Synonyms and antonyms of petulance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PETULANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «petulance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of petulance

Translation of «petulance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETULANCE

Find out the translation of petulance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of petulance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «petulance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

任性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

petulancia
570 millions of speakers

English

petulance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ढिठाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المكابرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

капризность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

petulância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রগল্ভতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irascibilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Petulans
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gereiztheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

かんしゃく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감정에 휩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Petulance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh hay giận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரிச்சல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माफी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alınganlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

petulanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozdrażnienia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

примхливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

petulance
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

petulance
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prikkelbaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

petulance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

petulance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of petulance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETULANCE»

The term «petulance» is regularly used and occupies the 97.071 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PETULANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «petulance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «petulance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about petulance

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QUOTES WITH «PETULANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word petulance.
1
Malcolm Gladwell
The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETULANCE»

Discover the use of petulance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petulance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Coates's Herd Book
g. d. Patience 23rd by Washington 53813, — Patience 12th by Triumph 53764, — Patience 7th by Rapid Foggathorpe 43868, — Petulance 4th by Brabazon 37881, — Petulance 2nd by Baron of Knowlmere 30474, — ' Petulance by Baron ...
George Coates, 1908
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Dr. Foote's new book on health and disease
Petulance is worse than grumbling. Many people are like snapping bugs, that cannot be touched without snapping ; or like rattlesnakes, that cannot be looked at without hissing from their throats and rattling their bones. Such folks are said to  ...
Edward Bliss Foote, 1904
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Home Cyclopedia
Petulance is worse than grumbling. Many people are like snapping bugs, that cannot be touched -without snapping ; or like rattlesnakes, that cannot be looked at without hissing from their throats and rattling their bones. Such folks are said to  ...
E.B. Foote M.D., 1901
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Plain home talk
but the petulance causes the bilious condition, instead of the latter causing the petulance. Petulance often causes hysteria among women, and hypochondriasis among men. Artemus Ward said, that "G. Washington never slopped over.
Edward Bliss Foote, 1892
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The Bible Christian magazine, a continuation of the Arminian ...
Petulance in Here we have Petulance in Retirement: — Temper generally seeks solitude when its tide is ebbing. Sulks like to mope by themselves in seclusion. Jonah's mission is at an end : sullenly he quits the city boundary, fixes himself on  ...
Bible Christians, 1880
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Plain Home Talk about the Human System -: The Habits of Men ...
but the petulance causes the bilious condition, instead of the latter causing the petulance. Petulance often causes hysteria among women, and hypochondriasis among men. Artemus Ward said, that "G. 'Washington never slopped over.
Edward Bliss Foote, 1882
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Stone cottage
Pound addressed this tension between the different generations of moderns in " Ferrex on Petulance" and "Porrex on Ferrex," two articles written during the first Stone Cottage winter. The esssays appeared side by side in the Egoist, signed by ...
James Longenbach, 1988
8
The Sailor King: William the Fourth, His Court and His Subjects
Sovereign's petulance and perversity, he had no right to keep in ignorance of such feelings those with whom he had jointly undertaken the guardianship of the State ; but whose honour and whose discretion were not placed unreservedly in his ...
Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy, 1903
9
The Thoughts of Chairman Moore: The Wit and Widsom of Brian ...
8. Team. GB. in. Beijing. –. how. to. win. without. petulance. August. 2008. The performance of Team GB exceeded the targets set by UK Sport, whose investment it repaid, and then some. It also proved that the link between investment and ...
Brian Moore, 2010
10
Poems of Therese
petulance. A ND they smile in my face, **• And they prattle of thee, — Oh, but leave me in peace And speak not to me ! Fell one flower to the ground While so many bloom gay ; Shimmer and shine all around, And laughter and May. Yes, the  ...
Kellner Keiter, Anna Fuller, 1899

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETULANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term petulance is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Masters Of Sex: “The Excitement Of Release”
Isabelle Fuhrman portrays Tessa with fierce amounts of petulance, highlighted by dialogue written by someone who knows how maddening ... «A.V. Club DC, Jul 15»
2
Jordan Ayew to Aston Villa: Wrong man, wrong move
... there were no red cards, but there was still the all-pervading petulance. Following a 3-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain—a game from which ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
3
Moira Gordon: Hibs decision based on sound football sense
Scott Allan, left, can huff and puff all he likes, but his Hibs team-mates will not put up with his petulance for long if he does not pull his weight. «Scotsman, Jul 15»
4
Watch Sen. Lindsey Graham destroy his cell phone, thanks to …
... self-declared “greatest” democracy is descending into a farce after candidates began calling each other names in a show of petulance worthy ... «Ledger Gazette, Jul 15»
5
Bill Reynolds: Pedro Martinez was certainly one of a kind
His vast repertoire of pitches, his showmanship, his occasional petulance, his big personalty, all combined to make him one of the more unique ... «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
6
Moira Gordon: Hibs decision based on sound football
Scott Allan, left, can huff and puff all he likes, but his Hibs team-mates will not put up with his petulance for long if he does not pull his weight. «Scotsman, Jul 15»
7
Getting to the bottom of Minaj MTV snub
... assertion that she deserved a slot in the big race isn't just the latest case of pop-star petulance. The song was a firestarter from the beginning. «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
8
Tully: Pence's environmental petulance hurts Indiana
It would be a lot easier to take Gov. Mike Pence's opposition to just about every new environmental policy seriously if he didn't so gleefully and ... «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
9
Carlos Vela has been disappointing for Mexico in the Gold Cup
It was an act of petulance from Vela, quite possibly caused by the frustration of not playing to the standard of which he is capable against ... «ESPN FC, Jul 15»
10
BRACK: Dump Trump: Americans deserve better than bombast
And he bagged an August New Hampshire debate opportunity in a fit of petulance. But Trump could cause serious problems down the road for ... «Statehouse Report, Jul 15»

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