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hot-tempered(adjective, keen, sharp, difficult, intense)
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crusty(adjective, difficult, short, irritable, grumpy)
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ill-tempered(adjective, attitude, cross, mad, short)
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splenetic(adjective, delicate, cross, speech, mad)
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crotchety(adjective, difficult, cross, unpleasant, short)
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surly(adjective, attitude, delicate, cross, unpleasant)
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excitable(adjective, upset, difficult, intense, passionate)
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quarrelsome(adjective, difficult, disagreeable, aggressive, fiery)
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churlish(adjective, short, irritable, turbulent, belligerent)
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disagreeable(adjective, difficult, attitude, unpleasant, short)
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grumpy(adjective, difficult, attitude, delicate, cross)
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impatient(adjective, keen, violent, anxious, awkward)
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fractious(adjective, difficult, cross, short, irritable)
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fretful(adjective, keen, attitude, cross, violent)
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bearish(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable, emotional)
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passionate(adjective, keen, sharp, difficult, enthusiastic)
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acrimonious(adjective, mean, sharp, nasty, speech)
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moody(adjective, cross, unpleasant, nervous, sensitive)
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peppery(adjective, mean, keen, sharp, intense)
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short(adjective, unpleasant, disagreeable, abrupt, ill-tempered)
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