3
discriminating(adjective, severe, harsh, critical, demanding)
3
disparaging(adjective, severe, harsh, cross, critical)
3
exigent
3
irritable(adjective, severe, cross, contrary, crabby)
3
perverse(adjective, severe, cross, contrary)
3
punctilious(adjective, demanding, meticulous, fussy, discriminating)
2
pernickety orpersnickety
2
biting(adjective, severe, harsh, critical, demanding)
2
cavilling
2
contemptuous(adjective, severe, harsh, critical, disapproving)
2
contentious(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
2
cutting
2
discerning(adjective, fastidious)
2
discontented(critical, discontent, dissatisfied, complaining)
2
disputatious(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
2
dissatisfied(adjective, cross, emotional, critical, discontent)
2
fretful(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
2
hairsplitting
2
hard to please(expression, adjective, idiom, meticulous, fussy)
2
hypersensitive(adjective, emotional, vulnerable, touchy, thin-skinned)
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