1
dodging
1
equivocation
1
evasion
1
evasive
1
exception
1
exceptive(adjective, severe, harsh, cross, critical)
1
fractious(mean, nervous, short, irritable, worried)
1
grouchy(mean, short, irritable, critical, cranky)
1
grousing(adjective, mean, irritable, critical, crabby)
1
grumpy(mean, short, irritable, crabby, cranky)
1
harsh(adjective, critical)
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hedging
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huffy(mean, nervous, irritable, worried, critical)
1
ill-humored(adjective, short, sullen, crabby, sulky)
1
impatient(short, sullen, crabby, moody, sulky)
1
imputation
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irritable(mean, severe, cross, nervous, short)
1
jivey(adjective, unnatural, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic)
1
judgemental
1
logic-chopping
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