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Petulant vs Huffish - What's the difference?

petulant | huffish |

As adjectives the difference between petulant and huffish

is that petulant is exuberant, lively while huffish is disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.

petulant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • childishly irritable
    • Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior.
  • (obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
    • (Burton)

    Synonyms

    * huffy * snappish * irritable * grouchy * bad-tempered * ill-tempered * crabby

    Antonyms

    * easygoing

    huffish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.

    • Derived terms

    * huffishly * huffishness (Webster 1913)