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- Thesaurus|1.4k
- Abbreviations|0
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182 entries under irritable topic. ×
| prickly(adjective, difficult, cross, unpleasant, sensitive) | |
| sulky(adjective, feelings, gloomy, depressed) | |
| contentious(adjective, nasty, difficult, cross, rude) | |
| tetchy(adjective, ugly, touchy, grumpy) | |
| whiny(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) | |
| fretful(adjective, mean, difficult, attitude, cross) | |
| gruff(adjective, rough, low, sad, rude) | |
| ill-humored(adjective, low, difficult, sad, cross) | |
| bellicose(adjective, rough, nasty, difficult, dark) | |
| difficult(adjective, hard, tough, evil, rough) | |
| nasty(adjective, hard, rough, attitude, dark) | |
| spiteful(adjective, rough, nasty, cross, dark) | |
| obstinate(adjective, mean, difficult, determined) | |
| snappy(adjective, mean, difficult, attitude, cross) | |
| temperamental(adjective, delicate, cross, unpleasant, miserable) | |
| acid(adjective, grumpy, bad-tempered, tetchy) | |
| acrimonious(adjective, severe, cross, gloomy, depressed) | |
| cross-grained(adjective, difficult, grumpy, crusty) | |
| hostile(adjective, mean, bad, hard, wrong) | |
| pettish(adjective, difficult, delicate, rude, unpleasant) |
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