What does petulance mean?
Petulance means (obsolete) Rudeness, insolence..
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/ˈpɛtjʊləns/ · noun
(obsolete) Rudeness, insolence..
[W]ise men knew, that that, which looked like pride in some, and like petulance in others, would, by experience in affairs, and conversation amongst men, both of which most of them wanted, be in time wrought off […]
I believe I was guilty of a petulance, which nothing but my uneasy situation can excuse; if that can.
She […] had shown herself angry and sore, and was now ashamed of her own petulance, and yet unable to discontinue it.
Use petulance when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Petulance means (obsolete) Rudeness, insolence..
Common synonyms include caprice, capriciousness, moodiness, tetchiness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[W]ise men knew, that that, which looked like pride in some, and like petulance in others, would, by experience in affairs, and conversation amongst men, both of which most of them wanted, be in time wrought off […]
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