Bruise (Definition). Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition.
Updated July 26, 2016. People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are often described as having mood lability. Mood liability is an emotional response that is irregular or out of proportion to the situation at hand. It is associated with severe mood swings, intense reactions and dramatic changes in opinions and feelings. Mood lability is often evidenced through destructive or harmful behaviors.
petulant-easily irritated or annoyed; an incorrigibly fractious young man; not the least nettlesome of his countrymen. irritable, peevish, pettish, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, nettlesome, peckish, cranky, fractious. ill-natured-having an irritable and unpleasant disposition.he ceased to be a woman, complex, kind and petulant, considerate and thoughtless; she was a Maenad. Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context. It would be the worse for us if our petulant prayers were answered.