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- Thesaurus|717
- Abbreviations|0
52 entries under mean topic. ×
| ornery(adjective, difficult, informal, irritable) | |
| fractious(adjective, hurt, difficult, cross) | |
| fretful(adjective, tough, harsh, cross) | |
| sulky(adjective, cross, feelings, short) | |
| huffy(adjective, difficult, cross, nervous) | |
| captious(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh) | |
| dyspeptic(adjective, nasty, cross, unpleasant) | |
| morose(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh) | |
| snappy(adjective, hurt, tough, harsh) | |
| tetchy(adjective, irritable, ugly, touchy) | |
| ugly(cross, irritable, crabby, cranky) | |
| obstinate(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable) | |
| acrimonious(adjective, tough, harsh, cross) | |
| carping(adjective, cross, nervous, irritable) | |
| edgy(adjective, nervous, worried, critical) | |
| fault-finding(adjective, irritable, crabby, cranky) | |
| caviling(nervous, short, irritable, worried) | |
| complaining(adjective, cross, nervous, irritable) | |
| critical(adjective, difficult, nervous, irritable) | |
| cussed(cross, unpleasant, irritable, disagreeable) |
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