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102 entries under grumpy topic. ×
| snappy(adjective, mean, hurt, tough, rough) | |
| tetchy(adjective, mean, cross, short, sensitive) | |
| boorish(adjective, rude, coarse, sullen) | |
| captious(adjective, mean, tough, harsh, delicate) | |
| clodhopping(rude, coarse, sullen, boorish) | |
| cross-grained(adjective, difficult, irritable, cantankerous) | |
| cynical(adjective, tough, harsh, awkward, sullen) | |
| fierce(adjective, mean, harsh, cruel, vicious) | |
| misanthropic(adjective, person, tough, nasty, harsh) | |
| mumpish(bad-tempered, tetchy) | |
| pettish(adjective, hurt, difficult, delicate, cross) | |
| snippy(rough, rude, coarse, short, sullen) | |
| stern(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel) | |
| unmannerly(adjective, rough, rude, coarse, polite) | |
| acrid(tough, harsh, awkward, bad-tempered) | |
| annoyed(adjective, hurt, cross, short, irritable) | |
| awkward(tough, difficult, harsh, irritable) | |
| base(adjective, rude, unpleasant, coarse, polite) | |
| crude(adjective, rude, coarse, polite, angry) | |
| difficult(adjective, tough, harsh, rude, unpleasant) |
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