7
unpleasant(adjective, mean, nasty, difficult, rude)
6
antagonistic(adjective, malevolent, embittered)
6
cruel(adjective, person, mean, evil, malicious)
6
ill-humoured
6
morose(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, irritable)
6
short-tempered(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, ugly)
6
tetchy(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, ugly)
5
acrimonious(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, disagreeable)
5
bearish(adjective, difficult, grumpy, crabby, abrupt)
5
cold(adjective, person, evil, negative, bad behavior)
5
dour(adjective, difficult, grumpy, crabby, abrupt)
5
evil(adjective, mean, nasty, malicious, spiteful)
5
fretful(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, ugly)
5
gloomy
5
hateful(adjective, person, mean, evil, nasty)
5
inhumane(adjective, person, evil, negative, bad behavior)
5
perverse(adjective, difficult, unpleasant, disagreeable, crabby)
5
snappish(adjective, difficult, crabby, cranky)
5
ugly(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, rude)
5
unfriendly(adjective, evil, difficult, rude, unpleasant)
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