词义：
剑桥字典对 petulant 的解释：
She was moody and petulant.
她喜怒无常，任性乖戾。
I have no wish to put myself in the same category：irrational, petulant.
- Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
我不希望自己也被贴上不可理喻和爱耍性子的标签。- 出自玛格丽特·阿特伍德《猫眼》
近义：
petulant 的同义词按难度级别由低到高：
cross /krɒs/：生气的 (中学)
sour /saʊə/：闷闷不乐的 (中学)
irritable /'ɪrɪtəbl/：易怒的 (6级)
sulky /'sʌlkɪ/：生闷气的 (GRE)
sullen /'sʌlən/ = sulky (GRE)
perverse /pər'vɜːrs/：任性的 (GRE)
fretful /'fretfl/：烦躁的 (GRE)
waspish /'wɒspɪʃ/：暴躁的 (GRE)
querulous /'kwerələs/：满腹牢骚的 (GRE)
peevish /'pi:vɪʃ/：爱发牢骚的 (GRE)
snappish /'snæpɪʃ/：没好气的 (GRE)
pettish /'petɪʃ/：闹情绪的 (GRE)
fractious /'frækʃəs/：易怒的 (GRE)
testy /'testɪ/：暴躁的 (GRE)
crusty /'krʌstɪ/：易怒的 (俚语)
grumpy /'grʌmpɪ/：暴躁的 (俚语)
ratty /'rætɪ/：暴躁的 (俚语)
huffy /'hʌfɪ/：发怒的 (俚语)
cranky /'krænkɪ/：脾气怪的 (俚语)
影视：
△out of sheer petulance: 仅仅因为不爽 - 截屏自The Green Mile (《绿里奇迹》1999年)
△《绿里奇迹》海报
名著：
She threw at me a very naughty look, so naughty that I would not kiss her good-night at first. I covered her up, and shut her door, in great displeasure; but, repenting, halfway, I returned softly, and lo! there was Miss standing at the table with a bit of blank paper before her and a pencil in her hand, which she guiltily slipped out of sight, on my entrance.
"You'll get nobody to take that, Catherine," I said," If you write it, and at present I shall put out your candle."
I set the extinguisher on the flame, receiving as I did so a slap on my hand, and a petulant "Cross thing!" I then quitted her again, and she drew the bolt in one of her most worst, most peevish humor.
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
她十分顽皮地瞪了我一眼，淘气的模样，让我一开始都不想亲她，跟她道晚安。我很不高兴地给她盖好被子，关上门，但半路就后悔了，又蹑手蹑脚地走回去。瞧啊，小姐正站在桌边，面前放了一张白纸，手里拿着铅笔，一见我进门，就心虚地把纸笔藏了起来。
"你就是写了，凯瑟琳，也没人给你送去。"我说，"现在我要把你的蜡烛灭了。"
我将熄灯器往火苗上一罩，手上就挨了一巴掌，听到小姐气嘟嘟地骂了句"讨厌的家伙！" 然后我又走了，她气急败坏地把门闩上。
