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58 entries under cantankerous topic. ×
| irritable(adjective, mean, hurt, severe, difficult) | |
| peevish(adjective, mean, hurt, severe, difficult) | |
| testy(noun, adjective, mean, hurt, severe) | |
| irascible(adjective, difficult, attitude, delicate, cross) | |
| cross(noun, adjective, mean, hurt, severe) | |
| crabby(adjective, mean, hurt, severe, difficult) | |
| touchy(adjective, mean, hurt, severe, difficult) | |
| grouchy(adjective, difficult, attitude, delicate, cross) | |
| choleric(adjective, difficult, delicate, cross, short) | |
| bad-tempered(adjective, mean, difficult, attitude, delicate) | |
| querulous(adjective, mean, hard, hurt, difficult) | |
| fractious(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross) | |
| crabbed(adjective, hurt, attitude, delicate, cross) | |
| moody(noun, adjective, upset, hurt, cross) | |
| crotchety(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross) | |
| fretful(adjective, difficult, attitude, cross, negative) | |
| pettish(adjective, hurt, difficult, delicate, cross) | |
| churlish(adjective, difficult, cross, speech, rude) | |
| huffy(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, nervous) | |
| quarrelsome(adjective, difficult, unfriendly, irritable, disagreeable) |
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