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truculent(difficult, irritable, aggressive, turbulent, belligerent)
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unfriendly(adjective, difficult, rude, unpleasant, irritable)
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warlike
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antipathetic(adjective, conflicting, dissenting, disagreeing, frictional)
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bearish(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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cat-and-dog(difficult, irritable, turbulent, belligerent, argumentative)
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caviling(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome, nit-picking, pharisaical)
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complaining(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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conflicting(adjective, hostile, discordant, dissenting, disagreeing)
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contradictory(adjective, conflicting, dissenting, disagreeing, frictional)
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crabbed(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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crabby(adjective, difficult, cross, unfriendly, irritable)
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cranky
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curmudgeonly
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discordant(adjective, conflicting, dissenting, disagreeing, sectarian)
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discourteous
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disputant
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disputing
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dissentient
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dissentious(adjective, difficult, irritable, turbulent, belligerent)
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