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| grumpy(upset, informal, unhappy, angry) | |
| heart-rending(gloomy, miserable, wretched, anguished) | |
| heartrending(sad, miserable, painful, wretched) | |
| mirthless(sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer) | |
| peevish(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| petulant(difficult, cross, negative, emotional) | |
| threnetic(sad, sorrow, depression, woe) | |
| touching(sad, miserable, wretched, pitiful) | |
| annoyed(upset, cross, unhappy, emotional) | |
| bad-tempered(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| badly(sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer) | |
| baleful(sad, sorrow, depression, woe) | |
| bearish(difficult, cross, negative, emotional) | |
| beefing(gloomy, sorrowful, pathetic, mournful) | |
| begrudging(upset, unhappy, angry, irritated) | |
| bellyaching(sorrowful, pathetic, mournful, woebegone) | |
| bothered(upset, unhappy, angry, irritated) | |
| brooding(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| carping(difficult, cross, negative, emotional) | |
| contentious(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) |
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