8
quick-tempered(adjective, upset, delicate, short, sensitive)
8
resentful(adjective, mad, bitter, heated, malicious)
7
ill-natured(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, ugly)
7
sulky(adjective, tough, harsh, gloomy, depressed)
6
bristly
6
dyspeptic
6
edgy(adjective, mean, nervous, short, irritable)
6
perverse(adjective, mean, tough, harsh, gloomy)
6
pettish(adjective, delicate, gloomy, short, sensitive)
6
prickly(adjective, tough, harsh, awkward, sensitive)
6
sour(adjective, tough, harsh, gloomy, depressed)
6
splenic
6
temperamental(adjective, delicate, cross, melancholy, sensitive)
6
tetchy(adjective, mean, cross, short, sensitive)
6
virulent(adjective, hostile)
5
abrupt(adjective, irritable, brief, grumpy, gruff)
5
acid(adjective, tough, harsh, awkward, unfriendly)
5
contentious
5
embittered(adjective, resentful)
5
gruff(adjective, low, gloomy, miserable, depressed)
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