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petulantemente

  • 1 petulantemente condescendiente

    adj.
    snobbish, snob, snobby, stuck-up.

    Spanish-English dictionary > petulantemente condescendiente

  • 2 petulante

    adj.
    1 opinionated, arrogant.
    2 petulant, boasting, vain, cynical.
    f. & m.
    1 opinionated person.
    2 smug person, self-righteous person, self-satisfied person.
    * * *
    1 vain
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo smug, self-satisfied
    II
    masculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *
    = smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo smug, self-satisfied
    II
    masculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *
    = smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.

    Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

    * * *
    smug, self-satisfied
    smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *

    petulante adjetivo
    smug, self-satisfied
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    smug o self-satisified fool
    ' petulante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    smug
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    opinionated, arrogant
    ♦ nmf
    opinionated person;
    es un petulante he's very opinionated
    * * *
    adj smug
    * * *
    insolente: insolent, petulant

    Spanish-English dictionary > petulante

См. также в других словарях:

  • petulantemente — adv. Con petulancia. * * * petulantemente. adv. m. Con petulancia …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • petulantemente — adv. De modo petulante.   ‣ Etimologia: petulante + mente …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • petulantemente — adv. m. Con petulancia …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • petulantemente — pe·tu·lan·te·mén·te avv. CO in modo sfacciato e insolente o assillante e insistente: rispondere petulantemente a una domanda Sinonimi: inopportunamente, insolentemente, noiosamente. Contrari: garbatamente. {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: av. 1712 …   Dizionario italiano

  • petulantemente — avv. insolentemente □ arrogantemente □ sfacciatamente, sfrontatamente, spudoratamente □ molestamente, insistentemente CONTR. riguardosamente, educatamente …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • insistentemente — avv. 1. continuamente, ripetutamente, fittamente, persistentemente CONTR. saltuariamente 2. importunamente, petulantemente, ostinatamente CONTR. con discrezione, delicatamente …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • molestamente — avv. (lett.) fastidiosamente, spiacevolmente □ tediosamente, uggiosamente □ petulantemente CONTR. gradevolmente, piacevolmente …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • spudoratamente — avv. 1. impudentemente, petulantemente, sfrontatamente, sfacciatamente, audacemente, cinicamente, oltraggiosamente, indiscretamente, temerariamente CONTR. educatamente, civilmente, riguardosamente, timidamente, riservatamente 2. impudicamente,… …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

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