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