| quarrelsome(adjective, difficult, irritable, touchy, crabby) |
| short-tempered(adjective, mean, cross, nervous, irritable) |
| sophistic(adjective, false, hollow, incorrect, untrue) |
| subtle(mean, smooth, cunning, tricky, knowing) |
| bilious |
| churlish(adjective, mean, cross, short, irritable) |
| critic |
| derogatory(adjective, critical) |
| disagreeable(adjective, difficult, short, crabby, cranky) |
| disputatious(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome, nit-picking, pharisaical) |
| edgy(adjective, mean, difficult, nervous, short) |
| fussy(adjective, severe, sharp, harsh, critical) |
| hair-splitting(adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical) |
| perplexing |
| pettifogging(adjective, trivial) |
| pettish(adjective, delicate, short, sensitive, irritable) |
| picayune |
| wily(mean, smooth, cunning, tricky, knowing) |
| argumentative(adjective, contentious, quarrelsome) |
| bearish(adjective, difficult, critical, crabby, cranky) |