5
hot-tempered(adjective, sensitive, volatile, fiery, temperamental)
5
huffish(adjective, gloomy, morose, ill-humored, miffed)
5
huffy(adjective, mean, cross, gloomy, mad)
5
irritated(adjective, mad, heated, annoyed, furious)
5
malevolent(adjective, mean, nasty, bitter, malicious)
5
ornery(adjective, mean, nasty, delicate, cross)
5
piqued(adjective, cross, miserable, mad, unstable)
5
quarrelsome(adjective, sensitive, irritable, touchy, volatile)
5
rancorous(adjective, mean, speech, unfriendly, bitter)
5
venomous(adjective, mean, nasty, malicious, hurtful)
5
vexed(adjective, mad, short, heated, furious)
4
antagonistic(adjective, hostile, bitter, malicious, resentful)
4
atrabilious(adjective, cross, dejection, ill-tempered)
4
curt(adjective, irritable, brief, grumpy, gruff)
4
hostile(adjective, unfriendly, bitter, malicious, spiteful)
4
impatient(adjective, short, sensitive, irritable, touchy)
4
jaundiced
4
melancholic
4
saturnine(adjective, tough, low, harsh, gloomy)
4
short(adjective, grouchy, faultfinding, caviling)
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