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fretting(mean, irritable, obstinate, crabby, cranky)
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grouchy(mean, difficult, irritable, critical, cranky)
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grousing(adjective, mean, difficult, irritable, critical)
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growling(mean, irritable, obstinate, crabby, cranky)
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grumbling(adjective, difficult, critical, sullen, sulky)
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grumbly(difficult, critical, complaining)
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hairsplitting(adjective, critical, demanding, unfavorable, disapproving)
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hard to please(expression, adjective, idiom, difficult, critical)
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huffy(mean, irritable, sullen, crabby, cranky)
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huffy irascible(expression, difficult, critical, complaining)
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ill-humoured
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impatient(adjective, sullen, crabby, moody, sulky)
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irascible
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lamenting(difficult, critical, complaining)
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mean(irritable, sullen, crabby, cranky, testy)
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moody(adjective, sullen, crabby, sulky, peevish)
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nagging(adjective, severe, cross, critical, contrary)
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ogre(mean, irritable, obstinate, crabby, cranky)
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out of sorts peevish(expression, idiom, difficult, critical, complaining)
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pedantic(adjective, critical)
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