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- Thesaurus|1.4k
- Abbreviations|0
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101 entries under crabby topic. ×
| hypercritical(adjective, severe, cross, emotional, contrary) | |
| ignoble(adjective, hard, evil, rough, nasty) | |
| ogre(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, touchy) | |
| 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) | |
| ratty(short, irritable, ugly, faultfinding) | |
| resentful(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| rotten(adjective, hard, evil, rough, nasty) | |
| snarling(adjective, cross, irritable, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| uptight(adjective, difficult, delicate, cross, rude) | |
| bad-humored(irritable, ugly) | |
| childish(mean, cross, irritable, ugly) | |
| crybaby(sulky, peevish) | |
| displeased(sulky, peevish) | |
| got up on wrong side of bed(expression, idiom, irritable, ugly) | |
| growling(mean, cross, irritable, ugly) | |
| like a bear(expression, idiom, irritable, ugly) | |
| out-of-sorts(mean, cross, irritable, ugly) |
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