3
crabbedness(noun, irritability)
3
gall and wormwood(noun, expression, idiom, unsavoriness)
3
indignation(noun, force, hurt, passion, rise)
3
irritation(noun, hurt, passion, rise, fit)
3
keenness(noun, severity)
3
malevolence(noun, speech, hatred, resentment, hate)
3
miff(noun, hurt, passion, rise, fit)
3
peevishness(noun, passion, fit, difficulty, temper)
3
poison(noun, hatred, hate, hostility, antipathy)
3
rankling(resentment, malevolence)
3
slow burn(noun, expression, force, passion, energy)
3
spitefulness(noun, hatred, resentment, hate, hostility)
3
sternness(noun, discipline, firmness, sharpness, severity)
3
touchiness(noun, passion, fit, temper, anger)
3
unripeness(noun, sourness)
3
vehemence(noun, force, hurt, passion, energy)
2
anger(noun, passion, energy, fit, temper)
2
annoyance(noun, hurt, passion, rise, fit)
2
astringence(severity, strictness, sternness)
2
bad humor(noun, expression, passion, fit, temper)
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