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| muricate | |
| prickling(stinging, smarting) | |
| quick-tempered(cross, sensitive, irritable, emotional) | |
| smooth | |
| spiculate | |
| surly(tough, harsh, cross, unpleasant) | |
| tingling(stinging, itchy, smarting) | |
| aching(painful, burning, stinging, tingly) | |
| acid(irritable, grumpy, bad-tempered, tetchy) | |
| aculeate | |
| agonizing(painful, burning, stinging, tingly) | |
| annoying(thorny, spiky, spiny) | |
| arduous(painful, burning, stinging, tingly) | |
| awful(painful, burning, stinging, tingly) | |
| bitchy | |
| bothersome(thorny, spiky, spiny) | |
| burning(painful, stinging, tingly, smarting) | |
| choleric(tough, difficult, cross, sensitive) | |
| curmudgeonly | |
| dire(painful, burning, stinging, tingly) |
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