2
clodhopping(rude, coarse, sullen, grumpy, boorish)
2
combative(adjective, nasty, cold, hostile, aloof)
2
contumelious(hostile, belligerent, quarrelsome, discourtesy)
2
cool(adjective, person, cold, unfriendly, aloof)
2
cross-grained(adjective, difficult, irritable, grumpy, cantankerous)
2
currish
2
cynical(adjective, tough, harsh, awkward, sullen)
2
disobliging(adjective, mean, nasty, difficult, rude)
2
disrespectful(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
2
fierce(adjective, mean, harsh, cruel, vicious)
2
forbidding(adjective, severe, rough, nasty, dark)
2
hard(adjective, mean, tough, severe, harsh)
2
harmful(adjective, person, mean, bad, wrong)
2
huffish(adjective, cross, short, angry, offended)
2
ill-disposed(adjective, mean, cold, unfriendly, aloof)
2
ill-humoured
2
inhospitable(adjective, mean, nasty, cold, unfriendly)
2
inimical(adjective, person, mean, bad, wrong)
2
injurious(adjective, person, mean, bad, wrong)
2
invidious
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