80 entries under irritable topic. ×

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sulky(adjective, upset, cross, unhappy)
3
disagreeable(adjective, touchy, irascible, peevish)
3
disgruntled(adjective, upset, unhappy, angry)
3
fretting(adjective, upset, mean, cross, unhappy)
3
surly(adjective, mean, cross, emotional)
2
bad-tempered(adjective, mean, cross, emotional)
2
fault-finding(adjective, mean, severe, difficult)
2
faultfinding(noun, adjective, upset, mean, unhappy)
2
growling(mean, crabby, cranky, testy)
2
ill-tempered(adjective, cross, crabby, cranky)
2
irascible(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable)
2
mean(adjective, cross, nervous, unsettled)
2
perverse(adjective, mean, nervous, worried)
2
recalcitrant(restless, peevish)
2
refractory(restless, peevish)
2
restive(restless, peevish)
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restless(upset, unhappy, nervous, worried)
2
splenetic(adjective, mean, nervous, worried)
2
sullen(adjective, upset, cross, unhappy)
2
testy(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, negative)
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