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brooding(adjective, feelings)
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broody(adjective, feelings)
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brusque(adjective, low, gloomy, melancholy, miserable)
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caustic(adjective, keen, sharp, lively, unfriendly)
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complaining(adjective, mean, nervous, irritable, worried)
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crackbrained
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cracked
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crackers
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crackpot
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crazed
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crooked
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cross-grained(adjective, difficult, irritable, grumpy, cantankerous)
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cuckoo
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cussed(adjective, mean, irritable, mood, crabby)
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daffy
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daft
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dejected(adjective, feelings)
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despondent(adjective, feelings)
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difficult(adjective, irritable, grumpy, bad-tempered, crabby)
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disgruntled(adjective, irritable, bad-tempered, discontented, resentful)
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