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