1
flighty(unstable, changeable, temperamental)
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fragile(adjective, excitable)
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fretting(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, ugly)
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frowning(unstable, changeable, temperamental)
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growling(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
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highly-strung
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hypersensitive
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ill-humored(adjective, cross, unstable, irritable, changeable)
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in a huff(expression, idiom, unstable, changeable, temperamental)
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mean(cross, nervous, irritable, worried, critical)
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mercurial(unstable, changeable, temperamental)
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morose(adjective, mean, cross, unstable, irritable)
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nasty(irritable, bad-tempered, tetchy, snippy)
1
nettlesome
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obstinate(mean, difficult, cross, irritable, ugly)
1
offended(unstable, changeable, temperamental)
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ogre(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, touchy)
1
out of sorts(expression, idiom, mean, unstable, irritable)
1
peckish(adjective, quick)
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pertinacious(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
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