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- Thesaurus|401
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41 entries under touchy topic. ×
| gruff(adjective, irritable, brief, grumpy) | |
| ill-tempered(adjective, cross, unstable, quick, changeable) | |
| bearish(adjective, difficult, cross, irritable) | |
| disagreeable(adjective, difficult, irritable, grumpy) | |
| passionate(adjective, irritable, volatile, fiery) | |
| hasty(adjective, cross, irritable, testy) | |
| tetchy(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, irritable) | |
| harsh(adjective, irritable, grumpy, bad-tempered) | |
| quarrelsome(adjective, irritable, volatile, fiery) | |
| snappy(adjective, mean, cross, straight, irritable) | |
| annoyed(adjective, cross, irritable, bad-tempered) | |
| sullen(adjective, mean, unstable, irritable, changeable) | |
| ornery(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, irritable) | |
| peppery(irritable, volatile, fiery, bad-tempered) | |
| ogre(mean, cross, irritable, ugly) | |
| thin-skinned(adjective, irritable, bad-tempered, testy) | |
| uptight(irritable, bad-tempered, testy) | |
| bristly(irritable, testy) | |
| exasperated(adjective, cross, irritable, bad-tempered) | |
| feisty(irritable, testy) |
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