| fastidious(adjective, careful, demanding, meticulous, fussy) |
| fretful(adjective, mean, tough, harsh, cross) |
| overcritical(adjective, praise, severe, harsh, cross) |
| perverse(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh, irritable) |
| severe(adjective, mean, sharp, nasty, harsh) |
| snappish(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh, irritable) |
| splenetic(adjective, mean, tough, harsh, delicate) |
| whiny(difficult, critical, sullen, crabby, moody) |
| choleric(adjective, sharp, difficult, harsh, delicate) |
| irascible(adjective, mean, evil, sharp, nasty) |
| picky(adjective, critical, demanding, meticulous, fussy) |
| waspish(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, short) |
| contentious(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome, irascibility) |
| contrary(adjective, mean, severe, difficult, critical) |
| crabbed(adjective, mean, tough, delicate, cross) |
| cranky(adjective, mean, difficult, delicate, cross) |
| crusty(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh, irritable) |
| cynical(adjective, mean, tough, severe, sharp) |
| exacting(adjective, severe, harsh, cross, critical) |
| grouchy(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh, delicate) |