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75 entries under petulant topic. ×
| irritable(adjective, person, mean, hurt, severe) | |
| testy(noun, adjective, mean, hurt, severe) | |
| cross(noun, adjective, mean, bad, hurt) | |
| grouchy(adjective, difficult, attitude, delicate, cross) | |
| cranky(adjective, mean, difficult, attitude, delicate) | |
| ill-tempered(adjective, person, attitude, cross, feelings) | |
| bad-tempered(adjective, difficult, attitude, delicate, cross) | |
| cantankerous(adjective, severe, difficult, attitude, delicate) | |
| touchy(adjective, mean, hurt, severe, difficult) | |
| crabby(adjective, mean, hurt, severe, difficult) | |
| grumpy(adjective, hurt, difficult, attitude, delicate) | |
| irascible(adjective, difficult, attitude, delicate, cross) | |
| crabbed(adjective, bad, hurt, attitude, delicate) | |
| querulous(adjective, mean, bad, hurt, difficult) | |
| crotchety(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross) | |
| fractious(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross) | |
| surly(adjective, hurt, difficult, attitude, delicate) | |
| choleric(adjective, difficult, delicate, cross, short) | |
| splenetic(adjective, mean, tough, delicate, cross) | |
| churlish(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) |
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