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huffy(adjective, mean, difficult, irritable)
9
pettish(adjective, delicate, short, irritable)
8
ornery(adjective, mean, difficult, delicate, informal)
6
prickly(adjective, difficult, irritable, fiery)
6
volatile(adjective, delicate, irritable, tricky)
5
captious(adjective, mean, difficult, delicate, cross)
5
impatient(adjective, short, irritable, angry)
2
hypersensitive(adjective, delicate, tricky, impatient)
2
uptight(adjective, delicate, irritable, tricky)
1
bundle of nerves(expression, adjective, idiom, delicate)
1
delicate(mean, weak, thin, ill)
1
dicey(adjective, delicate, tricky, impatient)
1
hazardous(adjective, delicate, tricky, impatient)
1
jumpy(adjective, delicate, short, irritable)
1
oversensitive(adjective, delicate, tricky, impatient)
1
perturbable(adjective, delicate, tricky, impatient)
1
risky(adjective, delicate, tricky, impatient)
1
thin-skinned(adjective, delicate, irritable, tricky)
1
unpredictable(adjective, delicate, tricky, impatient)
1
unsafe(adjective, delicate, tricky, impatient)
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