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- Thesaurus|1.4k
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107 entries under bad-tempered topic. ×
| easily offended(expression, adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive) | |
| exasperated(adjective, cross, irritable, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| fiery(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable, emotional) | |
| fretting(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, emotional) | |
| grumbling(adjective, difficult, cross, negative, irritable) | |
| hasty(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable, emotional) | |
| hot(adjective, nasty, cross, determined, hostile) | |
| hypercritical(adjective, severe, cross, emotional, contrary) | |
| out of humor(expression, adjective, idiom, cross, short) | |
| out of sorts(expression, adjective, idiom, mean, difficult) | |
| oversensitive(adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive, emotional) | |
| plaintive(adjective, difficult, cross, negative, emotional) | |
| resentful(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| saturnine(adjective, rough, nasty, low, sad) | |
| snarling(adjective, cross, irritable, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| thin-skinned(adjective, difficult, delicate, sensitive, irritable) | |
| uptight(adjective, difficult, delicate, cross, rude) | |
| acrid(grumpy, tetchy) | |
| chuffy(grumpy, tetchy) | |
| disgruntled(irritable, cranky) |
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