15
crotchety(adjective, mean, hard, hurt, tough)
15
irascible(adjective, attitude, delicate, cross, unpleasant)
15
moody(adjective, hurt, blue, low, happy)
15
snappish(adjective, tough, attitude, harsh, feelings)
15
testy(adjective, hurt, low, difficult, sad)
15
hostile(adjective, person, mean, bad, wrong)
14
morose(adjective, mean, tough, blue, rough)
14
mean(adjective, person, nasty, attitude, harsh)
14
unfriendly(adjective, person, mean, bad, wrong)
13
disagreeable(adjective, mean, rough, nasty, difficult)
13
petulant(adjective, hurt, difficult, attitude, delicate)
12
gruff(adjective, rough, low, sad, rude)
12
ill-natured(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, rude)
12
quarrelsome(adjective, rough, nasty, difficult, dark)
12
touchy(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross)
12
curmudgeonly(adjective, difficult, irritable, abrupt, gruff)
11
nasty(adjective, person, mean, rough, attitude)
11
ugly(adjective, mean, blue, low, difficult)
11
unpleasant(adjective, mean, nasty, harsh, rude)
11
discourteous(adjective, rough, rude, coarse, polite)
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