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| contrary(noun, mean, nasty, difficult) | |
| crabbed(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| harsh(hostile, conflicting, belligerent, quarrelsome) | |
| hawkish(energetic, violent, hostile, antagonistic) | |
| ill-tempered(cross, short-tempered) | |
| ornery(mean, sharp, nasty, difficult) | |
| perverse(argumentative, quarrelsome) | |
| savage(hostile, belligerent, quarrelsome) | |
| surly(mean, nasty, difficult, cross) | |
| tense(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| antipathetic | |
| arguable(doubtful, dubious, questionable, provocative) | |
| competitive(mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| crotchety(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| crusty | |
| debatable(doubtful, dubious, questionable, provocative) | |
| disharmonious(conflicting, discordant) | |
| dissenting | |
| dissonant(conflicting, discordant) | |
| dyspeptic(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) |
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