petulance
pet-u-lance / pĕ-chə-ləns
noun 1. a scornful or disrespectful statement or action Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. Samuel Johnson, 1709 - 1784 2. the state of being irritable without good cause Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. Zoroaster, c. 628 BC – c. 551 BC