3
doleful(adjective, feelings)
3
frightful
3
ill-bred
3
inconsiderate(adjective, blunt, impolite, ignorant, uncouth)
3
melancholic(adjective, feelings)
3
mournful(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
3
prickly(adjective, tough, harsh, cross, unpleasant)
3
resentful(adjective, hurt, cross, short, hostile)
3
snappy(adjective, mean, hurt, tough, rough)
3
temperamental(adjective, mean, nasty, delicate, unpleasant)
3
tetchy(adjective, mean, cross, short, sensitive)
3
virulent(adjective, mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful)
2
abusive(adjective, hostile, blunt, impolite, ignorant)
2
adverse(adjective, person, mean, bad, wrong)
2
aggressive(hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic, belligerent, quarrelsome)
2
bad(adjective, person, mean, wrong, evil)
2
barbarous(adjective, mean, harsh, cruel, vicious)
2
belligerent(adjective, mean, nasty, hostile, unfriendly)
2
boorish(adjective, rude, coarse, sullen, grumpy)
2
captious(adjective, mean, tough, harsh, delicate)
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