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| cross(adjective, speech, unfriendly, irritable, bitter) | |
| curt(adjective, severe) | |
| embittered(adjective, resentful) | |
| malevolent(adjective, resentful) | |
| malicious | |
| piercing | |
| pointed(adjective, sharp, harsh, bitter, critical) | |
| poisonous | |
| satiric(adjective, mean, sharp, sarcastic) | |
| short(adjective, severe) | |
| sore(adjective, resentful) | |
| surly(adjective, irritable) | |
| unripe(adjective, bitter, sour, acid, tart) | |
| acescent | |
| austere(adjective, mean, severe, sharp, nasty) | |
| barbed | |
| bearish(adjective, irritable) | |
| cantankerous(adjective, irritable) | |
| censorious(adjective, severe, speech, unfriendly, bitter) | |
| crabby(adjective, speech, unfriendly, bitter, belligerent) |
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