different between petulant vs grizzly

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin petul?ns, akin to petere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?t??l?nt/, /?p?tj?l?nt/

Adjective

petulant (comparative more petulant, superlative most petulant)

1. Childishly irritable.

   Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabby, grouchy, huffy; see also Thesaurus:irritable

   Antonym: easygoing

2. (obsolete) Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

   Synonyms: brazen, flippant, impertinent; see also Thesaurus:cheeky

Translations

Anagrams

• patulent

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French pétulant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?.tu?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: pe?tu?lant

Adjective

petulant (not comparable)

1. (rare) exuberant

Inflection

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????zli/
• Homophone: grisly

Etymology 1

From grizzle +? -y.

Adjective

grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)

1. Grey-haired, greyish.
2. Misspelling of grisly.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with grisly or gristly.

Synonyms

• (grey-haired): grizzled, grisly (misspelling), hoary; see also Thesaurus:elderly

Derived terms

• grizzly bear

Related terms

• silver-haired, silvery-haired
• white-haired

Noun

grizzly (plural grizzlies)

1. A grizzly bear.

   Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!

2. (US, dialect) In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)

1. Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.

Translations

References

• grizzly at OneLook Dictionary Search
• grizzly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Czech

Alternative forms

• grizly

Etymology

English grizzly

Noun

grizzly m

1. grizzly, grizzly bear

Derived terms

• gryzzlí

Further reading

• grizzly in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• grizzly in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English grizzly.

Noun

grizzly

1. Synonym of orso grizzly

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English grizzly.

Noun

grizzly m (plural grizzly)

1. grizzly bear (A North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear)

Declension

Synonyms

• urs grizzly

References

grizzly in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)