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| unpleasant(mean, hard, evil, rough) | |
| bitchy | |
| brooding(cross, feelings, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| curt(rude, unpleasant, coarse, irritable) | |
| demanding(severe, difficult, cross, persistent) | |
| depressed(low, feelings, gloomy, miserable) | |
| doleful(feelings, unstable, changeable, sorrowful) | |
| down(hard, evil, rough, nasty) | |
| down in the dumps(expression, idiom, feelings, gloomy) | |
| downcast(feelings, unstable, changeable, temperamental) | |
| fussy(difficult, critical, complaining) | |
| low(sad, unpleasant, feelings, gloomy) | |
| miserable(low, feelings, unstable, changeable) | |
| pugnacious(rough, nasty, difficult, dark) | |
| quick-tempered(delicate, cross, short, sensitive) | |
| refractory(tough, firm, difficult, wild) | |
| tart(irritable, grumpy, bad-tempered, tetchy) | |
| unfriendly(mean, bad, hard, wrong) | |
| vinegarish(difficult, crabby, cranky) | |
| vinegary(difficult, irritable, grumpy, crabby) |
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