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Petulant vs Shirty - What's the difference?

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Petulant is a related term of shirty.


As adjectives the difference between petulant and shirty

is that petulant is exuberant, lively while shirty is (informal) ill-tempered or annoyed.

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

    shirty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.
    • I didn't ask my father for money, figuring he'd get shirty about it since I had quit school and had no job.
  • * 1897 , :
    • "You ain't shirty 'cause I kissed yer last night?"
    "I'm not shirty ; but it was pretty cool, considerin' like as I didn't know yer."

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