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| grousing(adjective, mean, irritable, cranky) | |
| hair-trigger(direct, prompt, tricky, actual) | |
| hard to please(expression, adjective, idiom, negative) | |
| huffy(mean, nervous, irritable, worried) | |
| ill-humored(crabby, cranky, nit-picking, pharisaical) | |
| ill-natured(adjective, mean, irritable, crabby) | |
| importunate(adjective, hard, tough, big) | |
| irascible(adjective, excited, nervous, tense) | |
| irritable(adjective, mean, cross, negative) | |
| morose(mean, irritable, crabby, cranky) | |
| ornery(adjective, mean, cross, nervous) | |
| petulant(adjective, mean, nervous, irritable) | |
| prickly(nervous, tense, crabby, cranky) | |
| snappish(mean, unpleasant, nervous, crabby) | |
| snappy(mean, unpleasant, irritable, cranky) | |
| sour(adjective, bitter, crabby, cranky) | |
| stuffy(crabby, cranky) | |
| testy(adjective, mean, unpleasant, irritable) | |
| uptight(adjective, cross, excited, negative) | |
| vinegary(unpleasant, crabby, cranky, cutting) |
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