5
kinky
5
ornery(adjective, support, mean, tough, firm)
5
quarrelsome(adjective, difficult, crabby, cranky, argumentative)
5
querulous(adjective, mean, nervous, irritable, worried)
5
sadistic(adjective, cruel, wicked, perverted)
5
spiteful(adjective, mean, nasty, unpleasant, violent)
5
surly(adjective, tough, low, harsh, gloomy)
5
touchy(adjective, mean, severe, cross, disagreeable)
5
unreasonable(adjective, mean, tough, firm, grim)
5
unrelenting(adjective, mean, hard, tough, harsh)
5
waspish(adjective, crabby, sulky, peevish)
5
whiny(sullen, crabby, moody, sulky, peevish)
5
wrongheaded(negative, hostile, different, adverse, conflicting)
4
adamantine(adjective, determined, resolute, uncompromising, unshakeable)
4
antagonistic(adjective, tough, severe, harsh, cruel)
4
averse(adjective, difficult, awkward, antagonistic, opposing)
4
base(adjective, wicked)
4
bilious
4
capricious(adjective, mean, obstinate, irrational, arbitrary)
4
churlish(adjective, low, gloomy, miserable, depressed)
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