| curmudgeonly(adjective, difficult, irritable, grumpy, abrupt) |
| edgy(adjective, nervous, sensitive, irritable, tense) |
| hot-tempered(adjective, mean, irritable, ugly, annoyed) |
| impatient(adjective, nervous, short, sensitive, irritable) |
| ornery(adjective, mean, informal, cross, sensitive) |
| sensitive(adjective, cross, touchy, ill-tempered, prickly) |
| tender |
| contentious(adjective, cross, ill-tempered, short-tempered) |
| dyspeptic(adjective, cross, ill-tempered, short-tempered) |
| hasty(adjective, cross, irritable, annoyed, irritated) |
| hot(adjective, cross, ill-tempered, short-tempered, irascibility) |
| huffy(mean, cross, sensitive, irritable, ugly) |
| hypersensitive(adjective, sensitive, touchy, prickly, quick-tempered) |
| moody(adjective, cross, nervous, sensitive, irritable) |
| passionate |
| pesky(adjective, irritable, touchy, irascible) |
| quarrelsome(adjective, irritable, touchy, bad-tempered, testy) |
| quick(adjective, irritable, snippy, irascibility) |
| sullen(adjective, mean, short, irritable, touchy) |
| surly(adjective, mean, cross, short, sensitive) |