how to pronounce petulance

/ˈpɛtʃələns/

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petulance is pronounced in three syllables

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pɛtʃələns

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meanings of petulance

noun:

  1. Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness.
  2. Rudeness, insolence.
  3. An insolent remark or act.

petulance frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word petulance occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics petulance can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that petulance can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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