| cantankerous(adjective, nasty, difficult, cross, rude) |
| irascible(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable, emotional) |
| militant(adjective, mean, attack, sharp, nasty) |
| peevish(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) |
| choleric(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable, emotional) |
| petulant(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) |
| querulous(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) |
| captious(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome, irascibility) |
| conflicting(adjective, conflicting, discordant) |
| cross(adjective, mean, sharp, difficult, harsh) |
| disagreeable(adjective, difficult, unfriendly, bad-tempered, argumentative) |
| discordant(adjective, discord, conflicting, discordant) |
| disputative(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome) |
| dissident(adjective, conflicting) |
| eristic(adjective, difficult, rude, unpleasant, conflict) |
| fractious(adjective, difficult, cross, awkward, hostile) |
| grouchy(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) |
| polemical(adjective, conflict, argumentative, quarrelsome, provocative) |
| short-tempered(adjective, cross, ill-tempered) |
| waspish(adjective, difficult, rude, unpleasant, unfriendly) |