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122 entries under irritable topic. ×
| ornery(adjective, mean, nasty, difficult, delicate) | |
| tart(adjective, tough, rough, harsh, awkward) | |
| truculent(adjective, rude, unpleasant, coarse, polite) | |
| complaining(adjective, mean, cross, emotional) | |
| prickly(adjective, tough, harsh, cross, unpleasant) | |
| snappy(adjective, mean, hurt, tough, rough) | |
| tetchy(adjective, mean, cross, short, sensitive) | |
| captious(adjective, mean, tough, harsh, delicate) | |
| cross-grained(adjective, difficult, grumpy, cantankerous) | |
| disobliging(adjective, mean, nasty, difficult, rude) | |
| obstinate(adjective, mean, difficult, cross) | |
| pettish(adjective, hurt, difficult, delicate, cross) | |
| snarling(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| uncooperative(adjective, sullen, crabby, cranky) | |
| annoyed(adjective, hurt, cross, short) | |
| awkward(tough, difficult, harsh, grumpy) | |
| bitchy | |
| carping(adjective, mean, cross, emotional) | |
| caviling(mean, short, crabby, cranky) | |
| cussed(mean, cross, rude, coarse) |
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