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| glowering | |
| high-strung(unstable, unpredictable, unreliable, fickle) | |
| hotheaded(difficult, passionate, unstable, irritable) | |
| lugubrious(unstable, changeable, temperamental) | |
| malevolent | |
| melancholy(unstable, changeable, sullen, temperamental) | |
| moping(cross, short, unstable, angry) | |
| obstinate(mean, difficult, cross, irritable) | |
| out of humor(expression, idiom, cross, short) | |
| out of sorts(expression, idiom, upset, mean) | |
| plaguy | |
| plaintive(difficult, cross, negative, emotional) | |
| pouting(crabby, moody, sulky, peevish) | |
| refractory(cross, irritable, restless, obstinate) | |
| tense(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| thin-skinned(difficult, delicate, passionate, sensitive) | |
| uncivil | |
| ungenial | |
| vexatious | |
| acerb |
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