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68 entries under touchy topic. ×
| exasperated(mad, heated, furious, sullen) | |
| fractious(irritable, restless, crabby, testy) | |
| grouchy(adjective, difficult, delicate, cross, rude) | |
| grumpy(adjective, delicate, sensitive, hostile, irritable) | |
| impatient(adjective, excited, anxious, nervous, sensitive) | |
| ireful(mad, irritable, dogged, testy) | |
| keyed up(expression, adjective, wild, excited, anxious) | |
| mean(adjective, delicate, sensitive, hostile, irritable) | |
| ornery(adjective, delicate, sensitive, hostile, irritable) | |
| out of sorts(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, difficult) | |
| quick-tempered(adjective, delicate, sensitive, irritable, tricky) | |
| short-tempered(irritable, bad-tempered, testy) | |
| snappy(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) | |
| splenetic(adjective, delicate, mad, sensitive, irritable) | |
| surly(adjective, upset, difficult, delicate, rude) | |
| tetchy(adjective, informal, nervous, sensitive, irritable) | |
| thin-skinned(delicate, sensitive, irritable, tricky) | |
| waspish(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) | |
| bristly(irritable, testy) | |
| crotchety(irritable, bad-tempered) |
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