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black
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brusque(adjective, irritable, annoyed, irritated, grumpy)
1
caviling(mean, short, irritable, crabby, cranky)
1
childish(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
1
complaining(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, crabby)
1
crank
1
cross-grained(adjective, difficult, irritable, grumpy)
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curt(adjective, irritable, annoyed, irritated, bad-tempered)
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cussed(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
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disputatious(adjective, cross, ill-tempered, short-tempered)
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empathetic
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empathic
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exasperated(adjective, cross, irritable, annoyed, touchy)
1
excitable
1
fretting(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
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goosy
1
got up on wrong side of bed(expression, idiom, irritable, ugly, crabby)
1
growling(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
1
huffish
1
hyperesthetic
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