| harsh(adjective, tough, gloomy, depressed, sullen) |
| huffish |
| ill-mannered |
| liverish(adjective, hard, evil, rough, nasty) |
| lugubrious(adjective, unstable, changeable, temperamental) |
| out of sorts(expression, adjective, idiom, attitude, unstable) |
| piqued(adjective, mad, unstable, heated, changeable) |
| prickly(adjective, cross, unpleasant, irritable, disagreeable) |
| rough(adjective, hard, nasty, rude, cruel) |
| sharp(adjective, irritable, bad-tempered, short-tempered) |
| tart(tough, harsh, awkward, grumpy, bad-tempered) |
| uncooperative(irritable, crabby, cranky) |
| unsociable(adjective, tough, harsh, rude, coarse) |
| vexed(adjective, mad, short, heated, furious) |
| vicious(adjective, hard, evil, rough, nasty) |
| violent(adjective, passionate, fierce, vehement) |
| whining(adjective, grumpy, crabby, testy, sulky) |
| abusive |
| acerbic |
| acrid(tough, harsh, awkward, grumpy, bad-tempered) |