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- Thesaurus|578
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79 entries under petulant topic. ×
| hot(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| hypercritical(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| hypersensitive(adjective, delicate, sensitive, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| jumpy(adjective, delicate, sensitive, irritable, angry) | |
| out of humor(expression, adjective, idiom, cross, irritable) | |
| oversensitive(adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive, emotional) | |
| perturbable(adjective, delicate, sensitive, tricky, impatient) | |
| plaintive(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| pugnacious(adjective, mean, sharp, difficult, harsh) | |
| risky(adjective, delicate, sensitive, tricky, impatient) | |
| snarling(adjective, cross, irritable, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| tense(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| thin-skinned(adjective, difficult, delicate, sensitive, irritable) | |
| unsafe(adjective, delicate, sensitive, tricky, impatient) | |
| uptight(adjective, upset, difficult, delicate, rude) | |
| wired up(expression, adjective, delicate, sensitive, tricky) | |
| wound up(expression, adjective, delicate, sensitive, tricky) | |
| tempestuous(difficult, irritable, turbulent, belligerent, argumentative) | |
| turbulent(difficult, irritable, belligerent, argumentative, contentious) |
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