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209 entries under adjective topic. ×
| hot(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| hypercritical(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| ill-humored(tough, difficult, harsh, cross) | |
| ill-humoured | |
| impatient(nervous, sensitive, irritable, tense) | |
| incisive | |
| injured | |
| involved(thorny, spiky, spiny) | |
| morose(tough, difficult, harsh, cross) | |
| needle-like | |
| needle-point | |
| petty | |
| plaintive(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| quarrelsome(difficult, crabby, cranky, argumentative) | |
| razor-edged | |
| resentful(cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| rough-hewn | |
| sagittal | |
| shrewd | |
| skinned |
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