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| sulky(unpleasant, irritable, disagreeable, grumpy) | |
| uptight(nervous, tense, jumpy, quick-tempered) | |
| easily offended(expression, adjective, cross, emotional) | |
| bundle of nerves(expression, idiom, quick-tempered) | |
| dicey | |
| easily upset(expression, irritable, touchy, fiery) | |
| hazardous | |
| jumpy(nervous, tense, quick-tempered) | |
| mean(unpleasant, disagreeable, ill-tempered, quick-tempered) | |
| precarious | |
| risky | |
| soft(adjective, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| tricky(adjective, thorny, quick-tempered, spiky) | |
| ultrasensitive(adjective, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| unpredictable | |
| unsafe | |
| volatile(irritable, fiery, quick-tempered) | |
| vulnerable(adjective, emotional, touchy, hypersensitive) | |
| wired up(expression, quick-tempered) | |
| wound up(expression, quick-tempered) |
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