| tart(adjective, irritable, grumpy, bad-tempered, tetchy) |
| temperamental(adjective, mean, nasty, delicate, unpleasant) |
| curt(adjective, hurt, cross, rude, unpleasant) |
| dour(adjective, rough, nasty, low, sad) |
| ill-humoured |
| mean(adjective, attitude, delicate, informal, cross) |
| nasty(adjective, mean, rough, attitude, dark) |
| sulky(adjective, mean, gloomy, depressed, irritable) |
| abrupt(adjective, angry, blunt, impolite, brief) |
| acerbic(adjective, irritable) |
| acid(adjective, irritable, grumpy, bad-tempered, tetchy) |
| captious(adjective, mean, tough, delicate, cross) |
| caustic(adjective, irritable, discourtesy) |
| fractious(adjective, mean, hurt, cross, short) |
| fussy |
| huffish(adjective, hurt, cross, short, angry) |
| quarrelsome(adjective, rough, nasty, dark, unpleasant) |
| short(adjective, hurt, cross, unpleasant, disagreeable) |
| impatient(adjective, sensitive, irritable, touchy, grumpy) |
| perverse(adjective, low, gloomy, miserable, depressed) |