8
upset(adjective, person, negative, angry, impatient)
7
abrupt(adjective, violence, irritable, tetchy, snippy)
7
angry(adjective, state, characteristic, mean, feeling)
7
bearish(adjective, difficult, irritable, critical, grumpy)
7
captious(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, short)
7
churlish(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, rude)
7
huffish(adjective, cross, short, angry, offended)
7
lionish(adjective, person, negative, angry, bad mood)
7
loud(adjective, person, negative, angry, bad mood)
7
loud-mouthed(adjective, person, negative, angry, bad mood)
7
mad(adjective, person, negative, angry, bad mood)
7
ornery(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, irritable)
7
short(adjective, cross, angry, moody, sulky)
7
temperamental(adjective, irritable, touchy, volatile, fiery)
7
uproaring(adjective, person, negative, angry, bad mood)
7
wrathful(adjective, person, negative, angry, bad mood)
6
bristly
6
brusque(adjective, difficult, rude, unpleasant, violence)
6
contentious(adjective, difficult, rude, unpleasant, unfriendly)
6
curt(adjective, cross, short, irritable, angry)
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