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