5
crabbed(adjective, mean, nasty, cross, unpleasant)
5
cranky(adjective, irritable, fiery)
5
crotchety(adjective, mean, nasty, cross, unpleasant)
5
ill-humoured
5
irascible(adjective, cross, unpleasant, irritable, emotional)
5
snappish
5
sullen
5
surly(adjective, mean, nasty, cross, unpleasant)
5
temperamental(adjective, nasty, unpleasant, dirty, disagreeable)
4
bearish(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
4
churlish
4
disagreeable
4
grumpy
4
hot-tempered(adjective, unpleasant, irritable, disagreeable, fiery)
4
ill-humored(adjective, mean, nasty, cross, unpleasant)
4
liverish
4
moody(adjective, cross, unpleasant, emotional, disagreeable)
4
ornery(adjective, mean, unpleasant, disagreeable, crabby)
4
short-tempered(adjective, cross, ill-tempered)
3
argumentative
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