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tetchy(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable)
6
churlish(adjective, cross, irritable, ugly)
6
ill-natured(adjective, cross, irritable, ugly)
5
snappy(adjective, cross, straight, irritable)
4
captious(adjective, cross, nervous, irritable)
4
edgy(adjective, nervous, irritable, worried)
4
huffy(adjective, cross, irritable, critical)
3
sulky(adjective, unstable, irritable, changeable)
3
sullen(adjective, unstable, irritable, changeable)
2
angry(adjective, cross, unstable, irritable)
2
carping(adjective, cross, nervous, irritable)
2
fault-finding(adjective, irritable, crabby, cranky)
2
ornery(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable)
1
caviling(nervous, irritable, worried, critical)
1
childish(cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
1
complaining(adjective, cross, nervous, irritable)
1
critical(nervous, irritable, worried, restless)
1
cussed(cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
1
fretting(adjective, cross, irritable, ugly)
1
growling(cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
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