| gruff |
| huffy irascible(expression, difficult, critical, sour, uptight) |
| irritable(difficult, critical, complaining) |
| lamenting(difficult, critical, discontented, complaining, bearish) |
| out of sorts peevish(expression, idiom, difficult, critical, sour) |
| petulant(difficult, critical, complaining) |
| plaintive(difficult, critical, sour, discontented, uptight) |
| scrappy(difficult, critical, sour, discontented, uptight) |
| snappy(difficult, critical, complaining) |
| sour(difficult, critical, uptight, complaining) |
| testy(difficult, critical, complaining) |
| thin-skinned touchy(expression, difficult, critical, sour, uptight) |
| uptight(difficult, critical, sour, complaining) |
| wailing(difficult, critical, discontented, crying, complaining) |
| waspish(difficult, critical, complaining) |
| waspy(difficult, critical, discontented, crying, bearish) |
| whimpering(difficult, critical, sour, discontented, uptight) |
| whining(difficult, critical, complaining) |
| critical(difficult, discontented, complaining, bearish) |
| cross(difficult, critical, complaining) |