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Adjective: petulant  pe-tyû-lunt or pe-chu-lunt
  1. Easily irritated or annoyed
    "an incorrigibly petulant young man";
    - cranky [informal], fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish [N. Amer, informal], pettish, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy, pouty, narky [Brit, slang]

See also: ill-natured