| perverse(adjective, characteristic, severe, cross, contrary) |
| pessimistic(adjective, person, attitude, characteristic, sarcasm) |
| skeptical(adjective, person, attitude, characteristic, sarcasm) |
| snarling(adjective, mean, sharp, nasty, speech) |
| sour(adjective, strong, sharp, powerful, hot) |
| splenetic(adjective, characteristic, speech, unfriendly, irritable) |
| subtle(adjective, intelligent, quick, astute, ironic) |
| vicious(adjective, mean, hard, spiteful, cutting) |
| dry(adjective, pleasant, smart, unpleasant, critical) |
| sly(adjective, sharp, ambiguous, ironic, deadpan) |
| acute(adjective, strong, sharp, powerful, bitter) |
| callous(adjective, hard, unkind, insolent, cutting) |
| calumnious(adjective, offensive, disparaging, detraction, pejorative) |
| crusty(adjective, irritable, grumpy, disdainful, due) |
| cussed(adjective, mean, sharp, nasty, speech) |
| cynic(noun, adjective, characteristic, sarcasm, acerbity) |
| defamatory(adjective, offensive, rude, disparaging, unmannerly) |
| defiant(adjective, characteristic, insolent, sarcasm, acerbity) |
| deprecatory(adjective, offensive, disparaging, detraction, pejorative) |
| doggish(adjective, characteristic, discourtesy, sarcasm, acerbity) |