76 entries under irascibility topic. ×

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cantankerous(adjective, mean, hard, difficult, attitude)
13
captious(adjective, mean, hard, difficult, delicate)
12
quarrelsome(adjective, difficult, unfriendly, irritable, disagreeable)
7
contentious(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant)
6
churlish(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, rude)
5
bilious(adjective, evil, anger, angry, annoyed)
5
exceptious(adjective, bad, anger, awful, grumble)
5
fidgety(adjective, evil, anger, anxious, worried)
5
pugnacious(adjective, evil, difficult, anger, turbulent)
4
bad tempered(expression, adjective, idiom, angry, annoyed)
4
bewailing(verb, evil, anger, grumpy, testy)
4
disputatious(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant)
4
grumpish(adjective, angry, annoyed, bad-tempered, lamentation)
4
picayune(adjective, lamentation, whining)
4
puling(adjective, evil, anger)
4
shirty(adjective, angry, annoyed, bad-tempered, sore)
4
spiteful(adjective, irritable, crabby, cranky, lamentation)
3
acerb(adjective, evil, anger)
3
acid(adjective, evil, anger)
3
antagon(adjective, anger, lamentation, whining)
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