2
barbed
2
bellicose(adjective, irritable, angry, offended, indignant)
2
bilious
2
bitchy(adjective, irritable)
2
bluff
2
carping(adjective, mean, severe, sharp, cross)
2
chilly(adjective, severe, nasty, cold, hostile)
2
contemptuous(adjective, mean, sharp, ironic, sarcastic)
2
contentious(angry, offended, indignant)
2
contumelious(adjective, mean, sharp, ironic, sarcastic)
2
crisp(adjective, severe)
2
demanding(adjective, severe, harsh, cross, stiff)
2
escharotic
2
exacting(adjective, tough, severe, harsh, cross)
2
gloomy(tough, low, harsh, miserable, awkward)
2
hot
2
huffy(adjective, mean, cross, mad, irritable)
2
hurtful(hard, severe, unkind, cutting, wounding)
2
icy(adjective, severe)
2
ill-humored(tough, low, harsh, gloomy, awkward)
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