petulance

Sauciness; wantonness; rudeness.

The character of being petulant; a petulant character or disposition; peevish impatience or caprice; pettishness.

Synonyms See captious and petulant.

The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor.

The property of being petulant.

an irritable petulant feeling