5
pettish(adjective, hurt, delicate, cross, short)
5
reserved
5
saturnine(adjective, blue, rough, nasty, low)
5
snappy(adjective, mean, hurt, nasty, attitude)
5
tetchy(adjective, mean, cross, sensitive, irritable)
5
unpleasant(adjective, mean, nasty, dirty, horrible)
4
bilious
4
bitter(adjective, irritable, discourtesy)
4
blunt(adjective, tough, harsh, rude, coarse)
4
confused(obscurity, unintelligibility)
4
contentious(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
4
discontented(adjective, upset, bad, unhappy, negative)
4
dyspeptic(adjective, mean, nasty, cross, unpleasant)
4
edgy(adjective, irritable, touchy, bad-tempered)
4
fretful(adjective, mean, tough, attitude, harsh)
4
hot-tempered(adjective, unpleasant, irritable, disagreeable, touchy)
4
ill-humored(adjective, low, sad, cross, unpleasant)
4
ornery(adjective, mean, delicate, rude, coarse)
4
prickly(adjective, tough, harsh, cross, unpleasant)
4
sensitive(adjective, delicate, cross, emotional, vulnerable)
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