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- Thesaurus|1.4k
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182 entries under irritable topic. ×
| got up on wrong side of bed(expression, idiom, ugly, crabby) | |
| griping(bad-tempered, cranky) | |
| growling(mean, cross, ugly, crabby) | |
| hotheaded(difficult, touchy, turbulent, belligerent) | |
| impassioned(difficult, turbulent, belligerent, argumentative) | |
| ireful(touchy, testy) | |
| like a bear(expression, idiom, ugly, crabby) | |
| litigious(difficult, turbulent, belligerent, argumentative) | |
| lowest(rough, rude, hostile, touchy) | |
| odd(difficult, grumpy, crusty) | |
| offensive(adjective, rude, unpleasant, horrible) | |
| out-of-sorts(mean, cross, ugly, crabby) | |
| passionate(difficult, touchy, turbulent, belligerent) | |
| peckish(adjective, touchy, cranky, snappy) | |
| peppery(touchy, bad-tempered) | |
| queer(difficult, grumpy, crusty) | |
| short-fused(adjective, touchy, cranky, snappy) | |
| tempestuous(difficult, turbulent, belligerent, argumentative) | |
| turbulent(difficult, belligerent, argumentative, contentious) | |
| unusual(difficult, grumpy, crusty) |
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