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46 entries under peevish topic. ×
| saturnine(tough, harsh, awkward, irritable, grumpy) | |
| scrappy(difficult, irritable, critical, restless) | |
| snarling(adjective, mean, sharp, nasty, irritable) | |
| sulky(adjective, mean, sensitive, irritable, sullen) | |
| sullen(mean, short, irritable, touchy, cranky) | |
| thin-skinned(adjective, delicate, sensitive, irritable, restless) | |
| uptight(adjective, difficult, delicate, cross, negative) | |
| vinegary(difficult, irritable, grumpy, crabby, cranky) | |
| wayward(irritable, restless, caprice) | |
| crybaby(sullen, crabby, moody, sulky) | |
| disorderly(irritable, restless) | |
| displeased(sullen, crabby, moody, sulky) | |
| froward(irritable, restless) | |
| indocile(irritable, restless) | |
| indomitable(irritable, restless) | |
| intractable(irritable, restless) | |
| pouting(sullen, crabby, moody, sulky) | |
| recalcitrant(irritable, restless) | |
| refractory(irritable, restless) | |
| restive(irritable, restless) |
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