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What does petulant mean?

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Adjective
  1. childishly irritable
  2. (obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
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Jeter, pouting and petulant, stamped his feet and flung his hat around in the dugout.
Yes, they were petulant crybabies who whined until they got what they wanted.
She was, as always, impeccably groomed and quite beautiful, but a petulant expression on her face marred her good looks slightly.
In some cases, the antagonism seemed petulant and self-interested, and sometimes it was fuelled by genuine moral outrage.
It might be a rather petulant rhetorical question, or he might just be trying to keep me on the phone.
Castor shook them both vigorously and they protested with petulant whines and complaining moans.

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