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59 entries under petulant topic. ×
| dissatisfied(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| easily offended(expression, adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| exasperated(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| fiery(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable, emotional) | |
| fretful(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| fretting(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| gloomy(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| grumbling(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| huffy(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable, emotional) | |
| moody(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| morose(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| out of humor(expression, adjective, idiom, cross, emotional) | |
| oversensitive(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| plaintive(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| resentful(adjective, cross, hostile, emotional, angry) | |
| sensitive(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| snappy(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) | |
| snarling(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| thin-skinned(adjective, difficult, irritable, emotional, vulnerable) |
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