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55 entries under mean topic. ×
| huffy(adjective, difficult, cross, nervous) | |
| splenetic(adjective, cross, short, irritable) | |
| crabbed(adjective, hurt, cross, short) | |
| crotchety(adjective, hurt, difficult, cross) | |
| obstinate(adjective, control, order, resist) | |
| ornery(adjective, informal, cross, irritable) | |
| short-tempered(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable) | |
| surly(adjective, hurt, difficult, cross) | |
| captious(adjective, cross, short, irritable) | |
| grouchy(adjective, difficult, cross, short) | |
| grumpy(adjective, difficult, cross, short) | |
| snappy(adjective, hurt, nasty, difficult) | |
| sulky(adjective, cross, short, irritable) | |
| ill-natured(adjective, cross, irritable, ugly) | |
| sullen(cross, short, hostile, irritable) | |
| carping(adjective, cross, nervous, irritable) | |
| critical(adjective, nervous, irritable, worried) | |
| cussed(cross, hostile, irritable, ugly) | |
| edgy(adjective, nervous, sensitive, worried) | |
| fault-finding(adjective, irritable, sullen, cranky) |
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