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hot-tempered(adjective, keen, sharp, lively, irritable)
9
ill-humored(adjective, tough, harsh, feelings, gloomy)
9
quick-tempered(adjective, keen, sharp, lively, irritable)
9
temperamental(adjective, cranky, snappy)
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huffish(adjective, cross, short, angry, offended)
8
morose(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh, feelings)
8
pettish(adjective, cross, short, irritable, restless)
8
prickly(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh, irritable)
8
sharp(adjective, keen, rude, lively, short)
8
tart(adjective, rude, unpleasant, effect, irritable)
7
acerbic(adjective, irritable)
7
acid(adjective, irritable, grumpy, bad-tempered, tetchy)
7
quarrelsome(adjective, difficult, crabby, cranky)
7
sulky(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, short)
7
sullen(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, short)
6
gloomy(adjective, tough, low, harsh, feelings)
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perverse(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh, gloomy)
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tetchy(adjective, sensitive, irritable, touchy, grumpy)
5
acrimonious(adjective, tough, harsh, gloomy, depressed)
5
caustic(adjective, keen, sharp, unpleasant, lively)
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