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75 entries under petulant topic. ×
| contentious(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| ill-tempered(adjective, cross, short, irritable, angry) | |
| snappy(adjective, keen, nasty, cross, violent) | |
| bearish(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, emotional) | |
| cantankerous(adjective, delicate, cross, short, sensitive) | |
| crabby(adjective, cross, short, irritable, emotional) | |
| grouchy(adjective, delicate, cross, short, sensitive) | |
| querulous(adjective, delicate, cross, short, sensitive) | |
| crabbed(adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive, irritable) | |
| crotchety(adjective, cross, short, irritable, emotional) | |
| fractious(adjective, cross, short, irritable, emotional) | |
| grumpy(adjective, delicate, short, sensitive, irritable) | |
| pettish(adjective, delicate, short, sensitive, irritable) | |
| prickly(adjective, cross, sensitive, irritable, emotional) | |
| captious(adjective, delicate, short, sensitive, irritable) | |
| disputatious(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| dyspeptic(adjective, cross, irritable, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| hot(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| hypersensitive(adjective, delicate, sensitive, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| jumpy(adjective, delicate, short, sensitive, irritable) |
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