4
sensitive(adjective, touchy, volatile, fiery, moody)
4
unhappy(adjective, person, negative, disagreeable, angry)
4
volatile(adjective, fiery, temperamental)
3
bluff(adjective, violence)
3
carping(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, irritable)
3
cross-grained(difficult, irritable, grumpy, cantankerous, crusty)
3
edgy(adjective, difficult, sensitive, irritable, critical)
3
fault-finding(adjective, mean, difficult, irritable, critical)
3
gnarling teeth(adjective, person, negative, angry)
3
intolerant(adjective, impatient, prejudiced, fanatical, bigoted)
3
nasty(adjective, mean, attitude, rude, unpleasant)
3
obnoxious(adjective, person, negative, angry, bad mood)
3
passionate(adjective, keen, sharp, lively, volatile)
3
peppery(adjective, keen, sharp, lively, irritable)
3
piqued(adjective, cross, short, angry, offended)
3
shrewish(adjective, volatile, fiery, temperamental, irascibility)
3
sullen(mean, cross, short, irritable, angry)
3
ticked off(adjective, person, negative, angry)
2
acute(keen, sharp, lively, violence)
2
angered(adjective, cross, negative, short, angry)
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