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6
temperamental
5
bluff
5
contentious
5
nasty
5
niggardly(adverb, close, mean, cheap, narrow)
5
short(adjective, abrupt, gruff, brusque)
5
sullen(adjective, abrupt, gruff, brusque)
5
uncivil(adjective, abrupt, gruff, brusque)
5
unpleasant
4
argumentative
4
captious
4
discourteous(adjective, abrupt, gruff, brusque)
4
huffish
4
ill-humored
4
impatient
4
perverse(adjective, abrupt, gruff, brusque)
4
pettish
4
sour
4
tetchy(adjective, difficult, irritable, grumpy, abrupt)
3
acerbic
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