8
bold(adjective, horizontal, brusque)
8
boorish(adjective, rude, coarse, fresh, crude)
8
crude(adjective, rude, short, impolite, brief)
8
peevish
8
petulant(adjective, irritable, tetchy, snippy)
8
rapid(adjective, violent, fast, quick, speedy)
8
rash(adjective, passionate, violent, fast, quick)
8
short-tempered(adjective, irritable, brief, grumpy, gruff)
8
surly(adjective, rough, short, angry, blunt)
8
unplanned(adjective, impulsive, rash, unthinking)
7
cross(adjective, irritable, upright, grumpy, gruff)
7
curmudgeonly(adjective, gruff, brusque)
7
direct(adjective, open, rough, honest, rude)
7
disagreeable(adjective, irritable, gruff, tetchy, snippy)
7
grouchy(adjective, irritable, grumpy, gruff, snappy)
7
headlong(adjective, keen, sharp, passionate, violent)
7
ill-tempered
7
judgemental
7
rushing(adjective, violent, fast, quick, hasty)
7
snippy(adjective, open, rough, rude, short)
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