16
curmudgeonly(adjective, difficult, irritable, grumpy, cantankerous)
16
moody(adjective, low, sad, feelings, gloomy)
15
choleric(adjective, keen, sharp, low, difficult)
15
short-tempered(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, quick)
15
waspish(adjective, mean, keen, sharp, attitude)
15
churlish(adjective, mean, feelings, gloomy, depressed)
15
eccentric(adjective, characteristic, person, difficult, wild)
15
fractious(adjective, mean, difficult, short, irritable)
15
queer(adjective, characteristic, person, difficult, wild)
15
tetchy(adjective, mean, informal, irritable, mood)
13
ill-natured(adjective, mean, difficult, irritable, crabby)
13
querulous(adjective, mean, attitude, delicate, cross)
13
splenetic(adjective, mean, low, sad, delicate)
13
strange(adjective, wild, crazy, usual, irregular)
13
temperamental(adjective, delicate, sensitive, irritable, tricky)
12
crank(noun, adjective, characteristic, person, behavior)
12
mean(verb, adjective, weak, attitude, thin)
11
sullen(adjective, feelings, gloomy, depressed, irritable)
11
sulky(adjective, feelings, gloomy, depressed, irritable)
10
capricious(adjective, characteristic, person, behavior)
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