5
captious(adjective, difficult, delicate, cross, short)
5
ill-humored(adjective, difficult, feelings, negative, irritable)
5
annoyed(adjective, upset, hurt, cross, unhappy)
5
bilious
5
complaining(adjective, upset, cross, unhappy, negative)
5
doleful(adjective, feelings, unstable, changeable, sorrowful)
5
impatient(adjective, negative, short, sensitive, irritable)
5
mean(adjective, attitude, delicate, informal, cross)
4
perverse(adjective, difficult, unpleasant, irritable, disagreeable)
4
uncivil(adjective, rude, coarse, sullen, abrupt)
4
unfriendly(adjective, unpleasant, disagreeable, sullen, abrupt)
4
down in the dumps(expression, adjective, feelings, unstable, changeable)
4
downcast(adjective, feelings, unstable, changeable, temperamental)
4
dyspeptic
4
glowering(adjective, sullen, sullenness)
4
huffish(adjective, cross, short, angry, offended)
4
ornery(adjective, mean, difficult, delicate, informal)
4
unsociable(adjective, rude, coarse, sullen, bad-tempered)
3
contrary(adjective, difficult, irritable, sullen, crabby)
3
dark(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear, sullen)
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