October 29, 2008

Petulant

petulant



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–adjective 
moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, 
esp. 
over some trifling annoyance: a petulant [toss] of the [head].  

—Synonyms
 
irritable, peevish (乖戾的), fretful, pettish, touchy.


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As Jack's waning heart beats out the last faint pulses of a lost cause, writer-director Miller delivers a frankly unnecessary critical autopsy of failed nature-child ideals (I know environmentalism is dead, I heard it on NPR a few weeks ago). 

Rose's petulant theatrics don't bespeak the [perils] of boundary-free parenting so much as a mental disorder, 
or 
a coarse [screenplay].
 

One of Kathleen's sons explains all: "Innocent people are just, uh, dangerous, I guess." But not too dangerous: This Ballad [strikes] a final note of prosaic humility, even if Miller all along has been promising The Wreck of the Hesperus with a Dylan score. 

bespeak
–verb (used with object)
1. to ask for in advance: to bespeak the reader's [patience].  
2. to reserve beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for: to bespeak a [seat] in a theater. 
3. Literary. to speak to; address.
4. to show; indicate: This bespeaks a [kindly heart]. 
5. Obsolete. to foretell; forebode.


pert  
brash insolent indolent 
curt laconic
terse
terse (polish, brusqueness
succinct (originally)
shoddy
intentionally rude or inconsiderate
a shoddy [bookcases] [behavior]
petulant
showing sudden, impatient irritation, over some trifling annoyance
a petulant [toss] of the [head].  
Rose's petulant [theatrics] don't [bespeak] the perils of boundary-free parenting so much as a mental disorder, or a coarse screenplay. 
Tony

ulterior (consealed, future) 
prescient 
augur prognosticate harbinger /jer/
Threnody








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