| carping(adjective, mean, praise, severe, nasty) |
| critical(adjective, praise, difficult, irritable, critical) |
| peevish(adjective, mean, severe, difficult, delicate) |
| cross(noun, adjective, mean, severe, difficult) |
| petulant(adjective, difficult, cross, sensitive, irritable) |
| irritable(adjective, difficult, cross, sensitive, critical) |
| testy(noun, adjective, mean, severe, difficult) |
| cantankerous(adjective, mean, severe, difficult, delicate) |
| censorious(adjective, praise, severe, harsh, cross) |
| hypercritical(adjective, praise, severe, harsh, critical) |
| querulous(adjective, mean, hard, difficult, delicate) |
| sarcastic(adjective, mean, sharp, nasty, speech) |
| caviling(adjective, mean, smooth, severe, false) |
| faultfinding(verb, adjective, mean, praise, severe) |
| touchy(adjective, mean, severe, short, sensitive) |
| fault-finding(adjective, mean, severe, difficult, cross) |
| finicky(adjective, severe, harsh, critical, meticulous) |
| hypocritical(adjective, deceitful, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) |
| bad-tempered(adjective, mean, difficult, delicate, cross) |
| crabby(adjective, mean, severe, difficult, irritable) |