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testy(noun, adjective, mean, difficult)
16
irritable(adjective, difficult, nervous, short)
15
touchy(adjective, mean, difficult, feelings)
12
choleric(adjective, feelings, short, sensitive)
10
fractious(adjective, mean, difficult, short)
10
irascible(adjective, feelings, nervous, short)
8
quick-tempered(adjective, mean, feelings, short)
7
crusty(adjective, mean, difficult, short)
7
fretful(adjective, mean, short, sensitive)
7
querulous(adjective, mean, short, sensitive)
7
short-tempered(adjective, mean, difficult, irritable)
6
captious(adjective, mean, short, sensitive)
6
crabbed(adjective, mean, sensitive, irritable)
6
crabby(adjective, short, irritable, touchy)
6
ill-natured(adjective, mean, irritable, ugly)
6
ill-tempered(adjective, short, irritable, touchy)
6
splenetic(adjective, mean, short, sensitive)
5
prickly(adjective, nervous, sensitive, irritable)
4
bearish(adjective, difficult, irritable, abrupt)
4
ornery(adjective, mean, informal, sensitive)
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