Both Uses of
petulant
in
Babbitt
- His petulant, sleep-swollen face was set in harder lines.†
Chpt 1 *
- Even Babbitt's friend, Clarence Drum the shoe merchant—a round and merry man who told stories at the Athletic Club, and who strangely resembled a Victorian pug-dog—was to be seen as a waddling but ferocious captain, with his belt tight about his comfortable little belly, and his round little mouth petulant as he piped to chattering groups on corners.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
-
(petulant) unreasonably annoyed or upset
or:
easily annoyed or upset