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- Thesaurus|1.5k
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92 entries under surly topic. ×
| complaining(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, emotional) | |
| easily offended(expression, adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive) | |
| exasperated(adjective, upset, hurt, cross, short) | |
| fiery(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| fretting(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, emotional) | |
| grumbling(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| hasty(adjective, cross, irritable, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| hot(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| hypercritical(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| malevolent(adjective, upset, mean, nasty, unpleasant) | |
| oversensitive(adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive, emotional) | |
| peremptory(adjective, blunt, impolite, ignorant) | |
| plaintive(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| resentful(adjective, upset, hurt, cross, short) | |
| unmannerly(adjective, nasty, rude, coarse, polite) | |
| unpolished(adjective, rude, coarse, polite, blunt) | |
| bad-mannered(adjective, blunt, impolite, ignorant) | |
| brutish(adjective, blunt, impolite, ignorant) | |
| cheeky(adjective, blunt, impolite, uncouth) | |
| dirty(adjective, mean, nasty, unpleasant, horrible) |
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