65 entries under cantankerous topic. ×

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fretful(adjective, keen, cross, violent, anxious)
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got up on wrong side of bed(expression, idiom, irritable, ugly, crabby)
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huffy(adjective, cross, sensitive, irritable, emotional)
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ill-humored(adjective, cross, short, irritable, emotional)
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like a bear(expression, idiom, irritable, ugly, crabby)
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mean(adjective, delicate, violent, sensitive, irritable)
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out of humor(expression, adjective, idiom, cross, short)
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out of sorts(expression, idiom, irritable, ugly, touchy)
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oversensitive(adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive, emotional)
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perverse(irritable, crabby)
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snarling(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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surly(adjective, delicate, cross, short, sensitive)
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brooding(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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carping(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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complaining(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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dissatisfied(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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fretting(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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gloomy(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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grumbling(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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hypercritical(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
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