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258 entries under adjective topic. ×
| plaintive(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| protesting | |
| quibbling | |
| rancorous(mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| resentful(cross, hostile, emotional, angry) | |
| rioting | |
| rowing | |
| sensitive(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| snappy(difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) | |
| snarling(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| sour(mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| spiteful(mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| strict | |
| temperamental | |
| thin-skinned(difficult, irritable, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| unkind(mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| unpropitious(mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| unsociable(mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| unsympathetic(mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| unwelcoming(mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) |
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