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| rash(adjective, excitable) | |
| reckless(adjective, excitable) | |
| saturnine(unstable, irritable, changeable, abrupt, gruff) | |
| shirty | |
| snarling(adjective, cross, irritable, brief, gruff) | |
| snippety(irritable, brief, grumpy, gruff, sarcastic) | |
| snippy(irritable, brief, grumpy, gruff, sarcastic) | |
| spunky | |
| tempestuous(adjective, excitable) | |
| tense(adjective, cross, ill-tempered) | |
| thin-skinned(adjective, irritable, touchy, bad-tempered, testy) | |
| ugly(mean, cross, irritable, crabby, abrupt) | |
| unfriendly(adjective, abrupt, gruff, brusque) | |
| uptight(irritable, touchy, bad-tempered, testy) | |
| waspy(mean, difficult, cross, irritable, ugly) | |
| whining(adjective, mean, irritable, crabby, cranky) | |
| acerb | |
| acrid(grumpy, bad-tempered, tetchy) | |
| aggressive | |
| agitated(nervous, worried, restless) |
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