1
malevolent
1
malicious
1
mean(sharp, nasty, cross, irritable, critical)
1
mocking(adjective, mean, sharp, ironic, sarcastic)
1
moody(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
1
mordant(mean, sharp, nasty, bitter, caustic)
1
morose(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, emotional)
1
niggle
1
objection(noun, cut, hit, censure, reproach)
1
objurgatory
1
obloquy
1
ogre(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
1
opprobrium(noun, cut, hit, censure, reproach)
1
ornery(mean, sharp, nasty, cross, irritable)
1
out-of-sorts(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
1
out of humor(expression, adjective, idiom, cross, emotional)
1
out of sorts peevish(expression, difficult, critical, discontented, complaining)
1
overcriticalness
1
oversensitive(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
1
pan(noun, cut, hit, censure, reproach)
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