petulant

a petulant shake of the head.

She could be wayward, petulant, and disagreeable.

The petulant child stomped his feet and refused to eat his vegetables.

She gave a petulant sigh when her request was denied.

His petulant attitude made it difficult to work with him.

The actress threw a petulant tantrum when she didn't get the role she wanted.

The petulant customer demanded to speak to the manager.

He was known for his petulant outbursts whenever things didn't go his way.

Her petulant behavior was a result of being tired and hungry.

The petulant cat knocked over a vase in protest of being ignored.

He had a petulant expression on his face as he sulked in the corner.

The petulant student refused to follow the teacher's instructions.

As an executive, Jobs has sometimes been petulant and harsh on subordinates.

Now, now, now, Bo, don't be so petulant.

It was to him I was to tell it, he repeated with the petulant obstinacy of a very old man.

He was petulant even then, attacking a Time correspondent for having wounded him with a story that was too revealing.

And I love the petulant, spoiled nature of him.

Oh, I'm sorry. Was that petulant, too?

Handsome, petulant, short, not pleasant until after ten am.

When he became petulant, the pharmacist let him smell the pharmaceutical.

She vented petulant words every now and then, but there were sighs between her words, and sudden listenings between her sighs.

Ferdinand E. Warren, a commercial artist, used this technique to win the good will of a petulant, scolding buyer of art.