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peckish(adjective, thin, irritable, pale, snappy)
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peculiar(adjective, strange, usual, fantasy, unreal)
7
bizarre(adjective, wild, strange, crazy, usual)
7
perverse(adjective, difficult, gloomy, depressed, irritable)
7
spiteful(adjective, unfriendly, irritable, crabby, rancorous)
7
ugly(adjective, mean, low, attitude, gloomy)
7
oddball(noun, adjective, characteristic, person, behavior)
7
wacky(adjective, characteristic, person, behavior)
7
whimsical(adjective, characteristic, person, behavior)
6
acrimonious(adjective, mean, nasty, low, speech)
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hostile(adjective, negative, bad behavior)
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huffish
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prickly(adjective, difficult, sensitive, irritable, fiery)
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quirky(adjective, extraordinary, wild, strange, crazy)
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volatile(adjective, delicate, sensitive, irritable, tricky)
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mad(adjective, characteristic, person, speech, behavior)
6
short(adjective, grouchy, faultfinding, caviling)
5
captious(adjective, mean, difficult, delicate, cross)
5
curious(adjective, usual, peculiar)
5
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