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| out of humor(expression, adjective, idiom, short) | |
| out of sorts(expression, adjective, idiom, mean, difficult) | |
| oversensitive(adjective, delicate, sensitive, emotional) | |
| plaintive(adjective, difficult, negative, emotional) | |
| resentful(adjective, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| sinister(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| snarling(adjective, irritable, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| threatening(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| unkind(adjective, mean, bad, hard, tough) | |
| uptight(adjective, difficult, delicate, rude) | |
| vile(adjective, mean, bad, hard, wrong) | |
| waspy(mean, difficult, irritable, critical) | |
| wicked(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| atrabilious(adjective, surly, ill-tempered) | |
| cavillous(severe, contrary) | |
| childish(mean, irritable, ugly, crabby) | |
| deprecating(severe, contrary) | |
| disparaging(severe, contrary) | |
| exceptive(severe, contrary) | |
| growling(mean, irritable, ugly, crabby) |
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