4
grumbling(adjective, upset, cross, unhappy, irritable)
4
hostile(adjective, severe, nasty, unfriendly, disagreeable)
4
hot-tempered(adjective, difficult, unpleasant, irritable, disagreeable)
4
huffish(adjective, cross, short, angry, offended)
4
low(adjective, sad, unpleasant, feelings, gloomy)
4
miserable(adjective, upset, low, unhappy, feelings)
4
ornery(adjective, mean, difficult, irritable, critical)
4
pettish(adjective, hurt, difficult, cross, short)
4
prickly(adjective, difficult, cross, unpleasant, irritable)
4
quick-tempered(adjective, cross, short, irritable, emotional)
4
saturnine(adjective, rough, nasty, low, sad)
4
tart(adjective, speech, unfriendly, irritable, bitter)
4
unpleasant(adjective, mean, nasty, dirty, horrible)
3
acerbic(adjective, speech, unfriendly, bitter, belligerent)
3
angry(adjective, upset, feeling, hurt, cross)
3
argumentative(adjective, difficult, irritable, turbulent, belligerent)
3
bitching
3
bitter(adjective, nasty, speech, hostile, unfriendly)
3
caustic(adjective, severe, nasty, speech, hostile)
3
cynical(adjective, hostile, irritable, disagreeable, sullen)
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