petulant vs peevish

petulant and peevish both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
petulant	No	Yes	No	No
peevish	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, petulant and peevish are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of petulant include cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, pettish, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy.

petulant (adjective)	peevish (adjective)
easily irritated or annoyed	easily irritated or annoyed