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83 entries under crabby topic. ×
| hasty(adjective, rough, cross, short, irritable) | |
| ogre(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, touchy) | |
| out of humor(expression, adjective, idiom, cross, short) | |
| oversensitive(adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive, emotional) | |
| quick-tempered(adjective, delicate, cross, short, sensitive) | |
| sensitive(adjective, delicate, cross, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| childish(mean, cross, irritable, ugly) | |
| contemptible(irritable, cranky) | |
| critical(mean, irritable, cranky, testy) | |
| fault-finding(mean, irritable, cranky, testy) | |
| fiery(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| grousing(mean, cross, irritable, ugly) | |
| growling(mean, cross, irritable, ugly) | |
| hard-nosed(adjective, cruel, irritable, brutal, pitiless) | |
| hot(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| hypercritical(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| ignoble(adjective, unpleasant, horrible, irritable, disagreeable) | |
| out-of-sorts(mean, cross, irritable, ugly) | |
| pertinacious(mean, cross, irritable, ugly) | |
| plaintive(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) |
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