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petulant

adjective

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Childishly irritable over minor frustrations.

His petulant complaint about the seating embarrassed his companions.
Dictionary practice example.
Later, an actor became petulant because a minor costume adjustment delayed his scene.
From Different Reactions in One Rehearsal.
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