petulancy
Bratty, impatient mood
Petulancy is the quality of being petulant—irritable, peevish, or childishly impatient.
The word is a slightly old-fashioned variant of petulance: His petulancy made him difficult to work with.
Both forms describe the sulky bad temper of someone who doesn't get their way.
Showing petulant displeasure
- sulkinessState of moody resentment
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
- tantrumsOutbursts of childish anger
- immaturityUndeveloped condition
juvenile · infantile · willfulness · capriciousness · impulsiveness · brattiness · huffy · stomping
Silently resentful ill humor
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- morosenessIll-tempered gloominess
- gloominessSomber, dispirited state
- sournessAcidic taste quality
sulkiness · dourness · glumness · moping · dejection · disgruntlement · displeasure · discontent
Irritable, querulous disposition
- testinessEasily provoked irritation
- grumpinessBad-tempered disposition
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
- grouchinessIll-tempered state
snappiness · querulousness · churlishness · crossness · fretfulness · irascibility · touchiness · tetchiness
Habitual disposition to oppose
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
insubordination · noncompliance · disobedience · intransigence · unruliness · balkiness · contumacy · perversity
pouting
Showing petulant displeasure
- sulkinessState of moody resentment
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
- tantrumsOutbursts of childish anger
immaturity · juvenile · infantile · willfulness · capriciousness · impulsiveness · brattiness · huffy · stomping · moping
sullenness
Silently resentful ill humor
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- morosenessIll-tempered gloominess
- gloominessSomber, dispirited state
sourness · sulkiness · dourness · glumness · moping · dejection · disgruntlement · displeasure · discontent · resentfulness
peevishness
Irritable, querulous disposition
- testinessEasily provoked irritation
- grumpinessBad-tempered disposition
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
grouchiness · snappiness · querulousness · churlishness · crossness · fretfulness · irascibility · touchiness · tetchiness · fractiousness
contrariness
Habitual disposition to oppose
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
willfulness · insubordination · noncompliance · disobedience · intransigence · unruliness · balkiness · contumacy · perversity · rebelliousness
petulancypatience
Calm during delays
equanimity · serenity · forbearance · good humor · placidity
petulancygrace
Effortless beauty of motion
maturity · dignity · poise · self-possession · magnanimity
petulancygrace
Effortless beauty of motion
graciousness · courtesy · politeness · civility · good manners