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108 entries under difficult topic. ×
| pettish(adjective, hurt, delicate, cross) | |
| churlish(adjective, cross, speech, rude) | |
| sour(adjective, irritable, critical, sullen) | |
| captious(adjective, cross, sensitive, irritable) | |
| disagreeable(adjective, mean, attitude, unpleasant) | |
| hot-tempered(adjective, unpleasant, disagreeable, aggressive) | |
| huffy(adjective, mean, cross, nervous) | |
| ill-natured(adjective, mean, cross, rude) | |
| quarrelsome(adjective, unfriendly, irritable, disagreeable) | |
| surly(adjective, hurt, attitude, delicate) | |
| snappy(adjective, hurt, nasty, attitude) | |
| whiny(adjective, cross, rude, unpleasant) | |
| perverse(adjective, mean, severe, cross) | |
| prickly(adjective, tough, cross, unpleasant) | |
| bearish(adjective, cross, negative, irritable) | |
| contentious(adjective, cross, rude, unpleasant) | |
| brusque(adjective, tough, harsh, rude) | |
| morose(adjective, mean, cross, unstable) | |
| complaining(adjective, mean, cross, negative) | |
| excitable(adjective, passionate, unstable, irritable) |
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