| grumbling(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) |
| hair-splitting(adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) |
| hasty(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable, emotional) |
| have chip on shoulder(expression, difficult, irritable, turbulent, belligerent) |
| hot(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) |
| hotheaded(difficult, irritable, contrary, turbulent, belligerent) |
| huffy(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable, emotional) |
| hypercritical(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) |
| hypersensitive(adjective, emotional, vulnerable, touchy, thin-skinned) |
| impassioned(difficult, irritable, turbulent, belligerent, argumentative) |
| logomachic |
| moody(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) |
| morose(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) |
| nit-picking(adjective, pharisaical, pharisaic) |
| noncooperative |
| objecting |
| obstructive |
| on the barricades(expression, idiom) |
| opinionated(contrary, belligerent, argumentative, contentious, contentiousness) |
| out of humor(expression, adjective, idiom, cross, emotional) |