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45 entries under difficult topic. ×
| fractious(adjective, mean, short, irritable) | |
| queer(adjective, characteristic, person, wild) | |
| ill-natured(adjective, mean, irritable, crabby) | |
| morose(adjective, mean, low, informal) | |
| quarrelsome(adjective, negative, volatile, fiery) | |
| sour(adjective, feelings, gloomy, depressed) | |
| bearish(adjective, irritable, mood, touchy) | |
| huffy(adjective, mean, sensitive, irritable) | |
| ill-humored(adjective, feelings, gloomy, depressed) | |
| ornery(adjective, mean, delicate, informal) | |
| perverse(adjective, gloomy, depressed, irritable) | |
| prickly(adjective, sensitive, irritable, fiery) | |
| captious(adjective, mean, delicate, cross) | |
| dour(adjective, feelings, gloomy, depressed) | |
| contrary(adjective, mean, nervous, worried) | |
| cross-grained(adjective, irritable, grumpy, cantankerous) | |
| unusual(adjective, extraordinary, wild, strange) | |
| vinegary(adjective, irritable, mood, grumpy) | |
| awkward(irritable, grumpy, bad-tempered, crabby) | |
| vinegarish |
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