The Only Use of
petulant
in
Pride and Prejudice
- It was gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of her manner in rejecting him, and all the unjust accusations accompanying her rejection.†
p. 253.3petulance = unreasonable annoyance or upset OR tendency to be unreasonably annoyed or upset
Definition:
unreasonably annoyed or upset
or:
easily annoyed or upset
or:
easily annoyed or upset