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| curmudgeonly(adjective, irritable, grumpy, crusty) | |
| choleric(adjective, low, sad, delicate) | |
| disagreeable(adjective, hard, evil, rough, nasty) | |
| ill-natured(adjective, mean, cross, rude) | |
| quarrelsome(adjective, rough, nasty, dark) | |
| perverse(adjective, mean, tough, severe, firm) | |
| bearish(adjective, rough, cross, rude) | |
| captious(adjective, mean, severe, delicate) | |
| contrary(adjective, tough, severe, cross) | |
| dour(adjective, rough, nasty, low) | |
| morose(adjective, mean, rough, nasty, low) | |
| ornery(adjective, mean, tough, rough, nasty) | |
| fractious(adjective, mean, cross, short) | |
| ugly(adjective, mean, hard, evil, rough) | |
| huffy(adjective, mean, cross, sensitive) | |
| prickly(adjective, cross, unpleasant, sensitive) | |
| contentious(adjective, nasty, cross, rude) | |
| stubborn(adjective, characteristic, quality, tough, firm) | |
| whiny(adjective, cross, rude, unpleasant) | |
| fretful(adjective, mean, attitude, cross) |
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