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