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Severe or intense, especially in a painful or unpleasant way
In urgent need of immediate attention
Short, quick or brief in duration
Astute or wise in insight or intellect
(
of one's senses
)
Sensitive or perceptive to changes
Having a sharp end or point
Of a sound, having a comparatively high pitch
Being alert or on top of things by paying close attention
Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise
(
informal
)
Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable in nature
Occurring or done quickly and unexpectedly or without warning
Exact or retentive in detail with regards to imagery
Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or angered
Having a persuasive effect
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Severe or intense, especially in a painful or unpleasant way
intense
fierce
profound
deep
extreme
violent
ferocious
terrible
excruciating
dreadful
severe
heavy
vehement
almighty
strong
blistering
powerful
explosive
hard
vicious
furious
hellacious
exquisite
frightful
sharp
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
intensive
piercing
ghastly
searing
fearsome
burning
fearful
harrowing
overwhelming
racking
consuming
unbearable
harsh
tormenting
torturous
shooting
concentrated
penetrating
stabbing
insufferable
excessive
serious
grievous
cutting
unendurable
heightened
overpowering
distressing
hellish
poignant
peracute
shrill
sudden
heavy-duty
keen
great
biting
forceful
stinging
tremendous
extraordinary
bitter
raging
painful
vigorous
potent
passionate
fervent
caustic
devastating
ardent
fervid
critical
incredible
indescribable
flaming
brutal
incisive
prodigious
trenchant
impassioned
pointed
forcible
torrid
telling
pungent
fiery
remarkable
dramatic
perfervid
savage
supreme
very great
scathing
impossible
awful
inordinate
acid
exceptional
zealous
mighty
sarcastic
acerbic
smarting
tart
raw
immoderate
deep-seated
mordant
uncontrollable
astringent
frenzied
outrageous
inflamed
mordacious
passional
rampant
all-consuming
major
turbulent
sardonic
pounding
wrenching
earnest
feverish
steep
unrestrained
marked
heartfelt
enormous
hurtful
sheer
titanic
abrupt
fanatical
red-hot
heated
utmost
powerhouse
wild
maximum
thorough
unutterable
vitriolic
fast
unqualified
emphatic
snarky
acidulous
venomous
vivid
energetic
crushing
intolerable
razor-edged
galling
grave
drastic
cruel
torturing
significant
corrosive
satirical
throbbing
swift
afflicting
eager
acrimonious
satiric
complete
rapid
high
uncontrolled
gut-wrenching
intensified
total
thumping
virulent
precipitous
puissant
unrelenting
wholehearted
ultimate
acidic
urgent
acrid
intemperate
acerb
unsparing
scalding
preposterous
rough
right
stormy
blustery
proper
tempestuous
radical
out-and-out
emotional
warm-blooded
peppery
rapier-like
deep-rooted
very bad
stark
hefty
dynamic
gutsy
heartrending
weighty
punchy
barbed
uttermost
immense
hot-blooded
incommunicable
bad
full
splitting
egregious
heavyweight
downright
grueling
US
tender
hurting
utter
resounding
top
grim
killing
pronounced
hard-core
hardcore
rampaging
rabid
volatile
absolute
mortal
shocking
withering
unchecked
unfettered
uncurbed
unbridled
thoroughgoing
gruelling
UK
shrewd
avid
enthusiastic
roaring
warm
monstrous
worrying
salty
flagrant
knifelike
stringent
charged
uncommunicable
precipitate
excited
driving
veritable
pure
out of control
tumultuous
gusty
desperate
waspish
full of force
polemic
gale force
mother of all
rank
smart-mouthed
boisterous
squally
storming
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
arrant
volcanic
snappy
thunderous
provocative
salt
exciting
pithy
racy
witty
deeply felt
gross
unadulterated
thundering
unalloyed
uber
smart
knockout
dominant
commanding
terrific
diabolical
unstoppable
oppressive
relentless
punishing
repressive
compelling
real
transcending
huge
unreasonable
astounding
unconscionable
sublime
twingeing
tingling
inexpressible
prickly
unwarranted
frenetic
animated
OTT
aggressive
demonstrative
blazing
incandescent
unblunted
contemptuous
nasty
religious
chastening
superheated
achy
gnawing
stiff
glowing
fevered
heartless
merciless
protracted
close
tough
drilling
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
extremely painful
malicious
undue
diligent
towering
exaggerated
damaging
callous
scornful
mocking
wounding
piquant
disturbing
ungovernable
cut-throat
strained
abject
true
genuine
entrenched
devout
meteoric
very painful
heartbreaking
zesty
white-hot
harmful
injurious
riotous
enthused
melodramatic
edged
cordial
unmanageable
demanding
ablaze
amorous
pitiless
derisive
truculent
zingy
honest
unfeigned
rooted
sincere
intrenched
overemotional
sentimental
emotive
comprehensive
hot
strenuous
convulsive
enraged
ruinous
maximal
savoury
UK
frantic
O.T.T.
sadistic
scorching
uninhibited
cyclonic
exhaustive
paroxysmal
coercive
aroused
ruthless
belittling
wanton
hectic
active
over the top
stirring
inveterate
bona fide
rousing
accelerated
tortuous
thundery
howling
inclement
menacing
bumpy
windy
cold-blooded
extremely critical
too great
in-depth
hopped up
spirited
gung ho
true blue
all-absorbing
big
paramount
highest
greatest
typhonic
blustering
swirling
choppy
destructive
all-embracing
undescribable
settled
all-inclusive
pert
all-encompassing
high-pressure
speeded-up
chaotic
restless
stormful
rugged
superlative
consummate
suffering
massive
herculean
tearing
all-powerful
struggling
bred-in-the-bone
confirmed
unconcealed
primal
visceral
undisguised
savory
US
heart-rending
patent
deadly
helluva
sovereign
outright
stupendous
surpassing
phenomenal
colossal
gigantic
sore
greatest possible
accurate
venomed
elemental
striking
sensitive
freezing
exorbitant
unmitigated
pertinent
giant
humungous
extensive
gargantuan
humongous
horrific
unpleasant
horrible
horrendous
nagging
cold
aching
meaty
meaningful
right-on
insinuating
short-and-sweet
legit
pregnant
insightful
glacial
wintry
US
bluff
arctic
chill
outstanding
rare
leviathan
max
vast
mountainous
astronomic
ginormous
astronomical
bruised
irritated
frosty
woeful
appalling
troublesome
distressful
abominable
upsetting
forthright
clear
nippy
laid on the line
right to it
in a nutshell
on the nose
boiled down
calling a spade a spade
on the button
vertiginous
perpendicular
vertical
frigid
out and out
crisp
effective
blunt
explicit
distinct
numbing
red
chafed
edgy
unequivocal
nipping
atrocious
godawful
rotten
lousy
beastly
vile
afflictive
declivitous
bold
dizzy
hypersensitive
parky
chilling
injured
wounded
wintery
UK
oversensitive
razor-sharp
bitterly cold
intensely cold
agitated
mad
hammer and tongs
knock-down-and-drag-out
blood-and-guts
bang-bang
hysterical
impetuous
crazy
maniacal
unruly
delirious
assertive
manic
berserk
lively
crazed
muscular
raving
angry
full-blooded
disturbed
storm-tossed
overwrought
insane
unsettled
determined
foul
hyper
deranged
rash
disorderly
noisy
lawless
fraught
corybantic
distraught
heaving
rigorous
headlong
bleak
worked up
hasty
robust
jerky
excitable
roily
ruffled
dangerous
hyperactive
impulsive
swivel-eyed
cataclysmic
cataclysmal
irrepressible
panic-stricken
undisciplined
blowy
abandoned
beside oneself
reckless
dirty
filthy
unexpected
hard-hitting
confused
sweeping
domineering
rowdy
hotheaded
wired
headstrong
unconstrained
keyed up
in a tizzy
firm
hurried
troubled
committed
audacious
obsessive
flipped out
uncompromising
raucous
incautious
unhindered
unbounded
insistent
runaway
roiled
quick
self-indulgent
profligate
resolute
unrestricted
jouncy
full-on
authoritative
stirred up
uproarious
disordered
distracted
demented
rainy
threatening
unanticipated
unforeseen
precipitant
disagreeable
unpredictable
irascible
imprudent
rolly
fast and furious
impatient
in-your-face
unhinged
in turmoil
stubborn
really hard
nuts
like one possessed
unglued
unscrewed
all-out
unzipped
weird
zonkers
beside yourself
herky-jerky
shook up
spazzed out
hot under the collar
weirded out
freaked out
in a stew
wigged out
hot and bothered
at wits' end
risky
hazardous
rioting
rumbustious
possessed
torrential
refractory
mutinous
foolhardy
hot-tempered
anarchic
breezy
uncontainable
unquenchable
extravagant
flapping
speedy
spasmodic
overactive
gusting
madcap
breakneck
stout
influential
confident
bullish
unjustified
ebullient
ungoverned
vociferous
anxious
rampageous
pushy
bossy
temperamental
sound
obstreperous
competitive
unhampered
irregular
wet
worried
dedicated
mettlesome
irrational
feisty
entire
licentious
roller-coaster
obsessed
strong-willed
disobedient
revolutionary
prodigal
untamed
overindulgent
lavish
compulsive
nervous
maddened
very hard
carried away
incontinent
storm-wracked
full of upheavals
panicky
touchy
dissipative
debauched
neurotic
distrait
vital
panic-struck
uncalled for
draconian
unbalanced
high-strung
full of ups and downs
berko
high-powered
hysteric
pulling no punches
damp
maniac
without warning
incensed
moving
full-hearted
gung-ho
overexcited
in a state
hot-headed
seething
far-reaching
steamed up
unforgiving
fired up
short-fused
wide-ranging
in a frenzy
easily provoked
quick-tempered
on a short fuse
running amok
irresistible
madding
unrepressed
postal
standup
bruising
blind
bursting
tremulous
fast-flowing
rushing
trigger-happy
tireless
at the boiling point
bloodthirsty
wayward
boiling
confusing
blusterous
on the rampage
contentious
assiduous
steadfast
allegiant
spunky
high-spirited
self-willed
clamorous
squallish
effusive
fitful
sporadic
unrestrainable
rough-and-tumble
wrathful
mightful
chilly
gingery
considerable
unstable
desolating
calamitous
annihilating
broken
overzealous
unconventional
pushing
termagant
rowdydowdy
rambunctious
hardline
strengthy
strengthful
seditious
phrenetic
all out
wavy
ripply
dogged
tenacious
indefatigable
Herculean
knock-down
agitable
dithyrambic
snowy
drizzly
icy
trying
demonic
enterprising
go-ahead
self-assured
self-possessed
self-confident
messianic
unsubmissive
attention-seeking
extrovert
nutty
drag-out
perturbed
roughhouse
mercurial
tormentous
anguishing
unceremonious
overbearing
broad
convincing
imperious
persistent
unremitting
pertinacious
virile
hardy
unmixed
hearty
in a fit
driven to distraction
fuming
very upset
unnerved
out of one's wits
in a panic
onerous
inspired
full of waves
encyclopedic
US
wholesale
wide
overcome
persuasive
ambitious
militant
incoherent
adverse
coming down
murky
raining cats and dogs
riproaring
eloquent
stimulated
inspiring
affecting
hotblooded
expressive
thrilling
quickened
red-blooded
lusty
encyclopaedic
UK
universal
thrilled
overwhelmed
lacking self-control
running wild
short-fuse
highly strung
galvanic
full of confusion
full of conflict
babbling
crude
startling
burdensome
not backward in coming forward
full-scale
struck
overawed
affected
incredulous
stunned
brassy
mushy
romantic
touching
consumed
teeming
copious
flighty
giddy
direct
murderous
from the heart
starry-eyed
on fire
motivating
impellent
urging
propulsive
unlimited
uncalled-for
definitive
self-asserting
inhuman
overpowered
hardhanded
overextravagant
plethoric
baroque
fancy
unmerciful
overmuch
overdue
overweening
devilish
brusque
immediate
rude
unpredicted
sure
obsessional
hallucinating
light-headed
disarranged
lightheaded
deviant
bewildered
hallucinatory
deviate
rambling
lunatic
wandering
aberrant
flipped
dizzying
decadent
over-the-top
unmeasurable
too-too
gone
pervasive
unconditional
over the odds
dissolute
arduous
taxing
devastated
out of one's mind
exhausting
brisk
too much
a bit much
infatuated
devoted
fixated
cacophonous
jarring
soaking
pouring
lashing
drenching
decided
dissipated
off your head
out of one's head
out of one's skull
surprising
destroyed
not knowing what to do with oneself
stridulent
buffeting
ultra
advanced
iconoclastic
spontaneous
busy
rebellious
over-enthusiastic
driven
unplanned
daring
greedy
dotty
potty
visionary
hooked
unthinking
spur-of-the-moment
top-to-bottom
root-and-branch
distressed
overhasty
heedless
ill-conceived
injudicious
ringing
bigoted
wackadoodle
overenthusiastic
wackadoo
besetting
solemn
sober
accented
insubordinate
unthought-out
unreasoned
impromptu
ill-considered
biased
nuts for
erratic
monomaniacal
partial
obstinate
bugged
wilful
opinionated
high on
credulous
willful
fanatic
contumacious
incorrigible
turned on
addicted
unpremeditated
unreflecting
rushed
disruptive
one hundred per cent
insurrectionary
subitaneous
restive
scandalous
heinous
uptight
venturesome
careless
unbiddable
death-defying
disorganized
US
brawling
ugly
wound up
going off deep end
turbid
uncontained
disorganised
UK
hedonistic
devil-may-care
in a flap
helter-skelter
het up
in a tizz
having kittens
last-minute
at the end of your tether
in a cold sweat
in a flat spin
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
more than flesh and blood can bear
more ❯
“A number of other obstetric events can cause an onset of
acute
pain.”
Adjective
▲
In urgent need of immediate attention
critical
urgent
serious
dire
pressing
grave
imperative
exigent
crucial
burning
compelling
desperate
severe
vital
drastic
clamant
perilous
crying
terrible
emergent
hazardous
importunate
imperious
awful
precarious
necessitous
important
instant
dreadful
profound
parlous
alarming
essential
egregious
bad
decisive
afflictive
life-threatening
all-important
life-and-death
significant
key
consequential
pivotal
weighty
high-priority
of great consequence
momentous
major
far-reaching
paramount
necessary
fundamental
considerable
integral
extreme
indispensable
dangerous
substantial
portentous
heavy
required
of the essence
requisite
needed
of the utmost importance
central
of consequence
heavyweight
pre-eminent
mandatory
earnest
big
intense
of moment
life and death
must-have
solemn
needful
of great import
of great importance
historic
somber
US
capital
sedate
sombre
UK
climacteric
cardinal
sober
great
vitally important
material
no-nonsense
no joke
no laughing matter
of significance
big deal
monumental
meaningful
determining
staid
heavy-duty
prerequisite
eventful
humourless
UK
humorless
US
called for
sore
compulsory
obligatory
overriding
principal
primary
grievous
risky
earth-shattering
underlined
pertinent
distressing
clamorous
core
large
very bad
focal
peracute
appreciable
exceptional
prime
immediate
worrying
ponderous
large-scale
influential
touch-and-go
noteworthy
top-priority
almighty
uncomic
major-league
determinative
appalling
frightful
chronic
fatal
worthwhile
intrinsic
deadly
sweeping
especial
fierce
disastrous
destructive
basic
ruinous
main
substantive
telling
foremost
deciding
leading
chief
notable
radical
prominent
impactful
mighty
exacting
all important
epoch-making
tough
threatening
striking
grand
grim
ugly
strenuous
difficult
big-time
of concern
of note
fateful
world-shaking
now or never
hard
sad
life-changing
big league
sobering
life-or-death
very great
much needed
very important
ill-fated
defining
immoderate
basal
demanding
woeful
constraining
huge
worthy
catastrophic
inescapable
vehement
furious
deep
calamitous
demanding attention
mission-critical
business-critical
quintessential
dominant
vicious
emergency
impelling
clamouring
UK
clamoring
US
intolerable
lamentable
hopeless
deplorable
overruling
preeminent
primal
premier
predominant
driving
prevalent
relevant
uncertain
active
controversial
climactic
supreme
top
ruling
master
demanded
current
topical
poor
sorry
outrageous
lousy
outstanding
testing
contemporary
constitutive
apocalyptic
harsh
lively
trying
searching
settling
very grave
bottom-line
live
irredeemable
irretrievable
chancy
of interest
pronounced
sizable
imposing
nitty-gritty
meat-and-potatoes
name-of-the-game
coal-and-ice
psychological
dicey
called-for
time-critical
hairy
painful
brutal
iffy
pointed
instrumental
powerful
salient
earth-shaking
world-shattering
dodgy
remarkable
bitter
arduous
bleak
taxing
toilsome
insistent
showdown
hanging by thread
touchy
on thin ice
climatic
glum
top-level
overshadowing
high-level
high-profile
big-league
disheartening
harrowing
discouraging
wretched
forbidding
shocking
forlorn
unamusing
desolate
devastating
depressing
ill-starred
conclusive
direful
doomful
unlucky
inauspicious
ominous
resultful
stern
uppermost
punishing
menacing
grinding
gloomy
dour
in the balance
lethal
deathly
austere
excessive
intensive
major league
downbeat
quiet
hefty
sensational
prodigious
extensive
unmissable
special
page-one
unforgettable
tremendous
conspicuous
cold sober
mortal
poisonous
matter of life and death
malignant
front-page
newsworthy
of import
of great moment
impressive
harmful
toxic
incurable
forceful
unsafe
much
earthshaking
tectonic
very dangerous
invaluable
strategic
elemental
de rigueur
valuable
eminent
expedient
wanted
elementary
germane
inherent
rudimentary
number one
sovereign
landmark
first
applicable
highest
greatest
recommended
stipulated
helpful
apposite
incumbent
desired
appropriate
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absolute
definitive
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peremptory
effective
overbearing
arch
prior
overmastering
sovran
best
innate
popular
characteristic
serviceable
distinguished
seminal
headline
respected
admired
numero uno
noted
celebrated
illustrious
extraordinary
memorable
super
worth its weight in gold
of vital importance
rare
noble
emphatic
high-powered
high-ranking
mammoth
puissant
glorious
king
lacking
prescribed
lacked
epochal
everything
indicative
dynamic
nonelective
forced
statutory
topmost
super colossal
operative
structural
involuntary
set
unavoidable
enforced
root
final
rudimental
staple
underlying
natural
utmost
constituent
foundational
constitutional
preferred
proper
binding
specified
compulsatory
commanding
interesting
component
connected
actual
widespread
running
a matter of life and death
of importance
incumbent on
life-saving
prevailing
circulating
common
at the heart of
definite
arresting
name of game
milestone
life or death
trusted
reputable
alive
debatable
unsettled
transcendental
ultimate
sublime
categorical
immense
trenchant
authoritative
strong
distinctive
noticeable
preponderant
obvious
signal
resonant
keynote
worthy of attention
carrying a lot of weight
quantum
uncommon
generous
glaring
unusual
unordinary
ponderable
potent
particular
exciting
buzzworthy
extremely important
relative
priceless
decided
incisive
certain
enormous
sizeable
honoured
UK
top-ranking
superior
empyrean
empyreal
useful
precious
appurtenant
applicative
crisp
settled
inestimable
exceeding
ultra
titanic
vast
astronomic
astronomical
ample
of current interest
high profile
honourable
UK
well known
top-notch
honorable
US
highly regarded
honored
US
irreplaceable
pointful
associated
senior
world-class
revered
immortal
trendsetting
famous
well-known
dominating
renowned
regnant
big-wheel
exalted
big-name
big-shot
hot-dog
prestigious
winning
famed
notorious
feted
acclaimed
big-gun
governing
storied
out of the ordinary
of substance
litmus test
choice
goodly
biggish
high-up
big time
skookum
top-drawer
of high standing
treasured
constructive
beneficial
practical
favorable
US
favourable
UK
advantageous
to the point
to the purpose
good
profitable
extremely helpful
ad rem
beyond price
extremely useful
handy
propitious
conducive
behooveful
in demand
commodious
gainful
auspicious
productive
beneficent
appreciated
timely
rewarding
fruitful
meritorious
opportune
of help
hot
of use
of service
loved
esteemed
of value
of benefit
of assistance
held dear
estimable
worth it
worthful
hot property
scarce
most important
more ❯
“In the present scenario, where
acute
water shortage has become a reality, it is not right to pass the burden on to the people.”
Adjective
▲
Short, quick or brief in duration
fleeting
momentary
quick
brief
temporary
swift
evanescent
transitory
passing
rapid
ephemeral
flitting
transient
cursory
short
meteoric
fast
impermanent
short-lasting
short-term
short-lived
short and sharp
limited
flash
small
little
lightning
fading
fugitive
flying
fugacious
hasty
deciduous
volatile
hurried
fly-by-night
perfunctory
rushed
summary
here today and gone tomorrow
unstable
perishable
shifting
temporal
provisional
interim
changeable
overnight
mortal
slapdash
superficial
precipitate
quickie
precipitous
acting
provisory
makeshift
stopgap
instantaneous
substitute
temp
vanishing
alternate
unfixed
make-do
pro tem
ad hoc
pro tempore
band-aid
speedy
rash
short and sweet
desultory
overhasty
wee
mutable
flashing
headlong
gadarene
unenduring
moving
incidental
abrupt
supply
gone in flash
in wink of an eye
ad interim
curtailed
glancing
for the time being
sudden
helter-skelter
drive-by
short-range
pell-mell
whirlwind
flash in the pan
whistle-stop
tactical
succinct
infinitesimal
breakneck
brisk
erratic
episodic
expeditious
hurrying
vaporous
intervening
fleet
rathe
fly by night
elusive
non-permanent
double time
impulsive
present
casual
prompt
not permanent
inconstant
vacating
insubstantial
migrating
transmigratory
emigrating
flighty
short-run
of short duration
gone in a heartbeat
over in a heartbeat
short-haul
here today, gone tomorrow
going by
shallow
slight
surface-level
haphazard
provisionary
instant
immediate
more ❯
“The thesis details the effects of short term or
acute
exposure to Dieldrin and other organic insecticides upon different species of fish.”
Adjective
▲
Astute or wise in insight or intellect
astute
clever
intelligent
shrewd
smart
perceptive
discerning
canny
keen
wise
quick
perspicacious
bright
penetrating
sagacious
sharp
savvy
insightful
brainy
judicious
brilliant
ingenious
discriminating
sapient
intuitive
nimble
observant
incisive
subtle
streetwise
argute
pawky
piercing
suss
agile
critical
erudite
genius
percipient
profound
prudent
rational
sage
sharpened
quick-witted
sharp-witted
whip-smart
razor-sharp
heads-up
on the ball
long-headed
quick on the uptake
rapier-like
quick off the mark
knowing
alert
sensitive
clear-sighted
knowledgeable
sensible
cunning
calculating
foxy
aware
exceptional
farsighted
cagey
enlightened
crafty
clear-eyed
fast
wily
supersmart
heady
ultrasmart
hyperintelligent
deep
artful
thoughtful
ready
fine
learned
sly
skilful
UK
skillful
US
politic
nimble-witted
hardheaded
intellectual
refined
gifted
slick
hard-boiled
responsive
able
scholarly
careful
precocious
understanding
fly
delicate
penetrative
inventive
experienced
smooth
sophisticated
resourceful
educated
cute
witty
fastidious
gnostic
clear
selective
apt
trenchant
adroit
dexterous
US
adept
cerebral
dextrous
UK
sharp-sighted
active
whiz
far-seeing
quick-thinking
all there
devious
scheming
worldly-wise
cultivated
sharp as a tack
tricky
accomplished
guileful
particular
tasteful
cultured
fussy
media-savvy
cagy
talented
cautious
astucious
finicky
picky
choosy
downy
nice
exacting
accurate
expert
masterly
creative
finely honed
open-eyed
awake
finical
persnickety
with it
razor-edged
knife-like
not born yesterday
tuned in
designing
quick on the trigger
quick on the draw
analytical
slippery
informed
underhand
circumspect
philosophical
insighted
proficient
probing
beguiling
discreet
dodgy
disingenuous
reflective
sophic
contemplative
demanding
keen-witted
thinking
watchful
wary
with great knowledge
pernickety
showing great knowledge
sneaky
intriguing
full of insight
sentient
conniving
Machiavellian
logical
wide awake
conscious
deft
choosey
crack
elite
competent
capable
spirited
vigilant
excellent
virtuoso
finicking
alive
in the know
lively
fussbudgety
meticulous
superior
well-informed
shifty
cluey
imaginative
dainty
knows what's what
not missing a trick
faddish
razor-like
on top of
scrupulous
ear to the ground
nobody's fool
eggheaded
choice
whip
faddy
squeamish
as sharp as a tack
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
knowing how many beans make five
with all one's wits about one
first-class
very intelligent
first-rate
Einstein
old-maidish
whiz kid
hard to please
having been around
exquisite
precise
good
einstein
concise
searching
crisp
succinct
punchy
pithy
receptive
acuminous
minute
foresighted
razor sharp
beady
hawklike
exact
complex
analytic
ratiocinative
detailed
sprightly
visionary
having smarts
brisk
effectual
effective
appreciative
prescient
deceitful
no fool
shark
calculated
inside
clear-headed
vigorous
mercurial
curt
wired
to the point
smart as a tack
mentally keen
cool
worldly
hip
neat
shady
dishonest
cheating
untrustworthy
duplicitous
deceptive
urbane
qualified
unprovincial
seasoned
genial
well-read
well read
well educated
considered
sound
wised up
on the inside
double-dealing
slim
shonky
dirty
vulpine
unscrupulous
up on
conversant
cognizant
diplomatic
carny
smart as a whip
instructed
responsible
highbrow
together
comprehending
original
expedient
tentie
wide-awake
tenty
Argus-eyed
very smart
commonsensical
reasonable
advisable
clued-up
tuned-in
strategic
sober
wise to
well informed
sane
practical
judgmatical
judgmatic
desirable
tactical
with-it
know how many beans make five
efficacious
capable of learning
having a good head on one's shoulders
having no flies on
good hands
all ears
clued-in
clued up
vital
heads up
attentive
on guard
apprehensive
seemly
considerate
just
seasonable
thorough
judicial
inflexible
well judged
common-sense
well advised
puritanical
prim
pure
prudish
stuffy
well-advised
well-judged
discriminative
on the stick
on your toes
on the lookout
on the job
on one's toes
pedantic
proper
punctilious
prissy
perfectionist
well thought out
sussed
hep
discriminational
discriminatory
differential
nitpicking
overdelicate
overparticular
overnice
hypercritical
with your wits about you
Victorian
strait-laced
difficult to please
schoolmarmish
over-particular
impossible to please
nit-picking
nit-picky
artistic
aesthetic
UK
mincing
street-smart
street smart
select
individualising
UK
eclectic
opinionated
individualizing
US
choicy
esthetic
US
with good taste
reasoned
pragmatic
levelheaded
realistic
level-headed
valid
commonsense
balanced
well-founded
justified
solid
grounded
commonsensible
appropriate
cogent
suitable
mature
coherent
fitting
tactful
lucid
firm
deliberate
reliable
well-grounded
provident
heedful
objective
fit
well-thought-out
moderate
down-to-earth
advantageous
dependable
chary
opportune
well-reasoned
beneficial
well reasoned
useful
guarded
gainful
convenient
worthwhile
hard
timely
profitable
full of common sense
methodical
matter-of-fact
conservative
measured
helpful
fair
restrained
calm
stable
collected
plausible
justifiable
steady
polite
recommended
legit
consistent
hard-headed
businesslike
courteous
poised
propitious
controlled
suggested
studied
safe
reserved
thought-out
right
unemotional
favorable
US
favourable
UK
necessary
well balanced
relevant
softly-softly
congruent
composed
deductive
consequent
pertinent
well grounded
legitimate
kosher
serene
civil
compelling
imperturbable
equable
well
gentle
advised
relaxed
unflappable
respectful
unworried
premeditated
tentative
polished
sympathetic
unmoved
gingerly
recommendable
applicable
suave
confident
no-nonsense
felicitous
best
correct
reasoning
cognitive
temperate
meet
well-adjusted
gracious
tenable
self-possessed
auspicious
even-tempered
philosophic
organized
US
cool-headed
likely
straight
germane
cool, calm and collected
at ease
inferential
deducible
convincing
perspicuous
organised
UK
holding water
well-organized
joined-up
holding together
with both feet on the ground
cogitative
aforethought
healthy
unruffled
valuable
unperturbed
studious
decent
determined
preferable
computed
cordial
commendable
feasible
noncommittal
deliberative
acceptable
mannerly
precautious
credible
coolheaded
prophetic
planned
thought through
systematic
of benefit
forethoughtful
skilled
opportunistic
having all one's marbles
leery
dispassionate
of service
kid-glove
mindful
rigorous
orthodox
faithful
farseeing
treating with kid gloves
laid-back
steady-going
orderly
belt-and-braces
sustainable
viable
well adjusted
untroubled
regular
articulate
in one's right mind
well-balanced
well-timed
clairvoyant
well organized
scientific
with one's feet on the ground
diagnostic
deliberated
telling
obvious
extensional
juridicious
enterprising
adult
satisfying
dinkum
satisfactory
graceful
a good idea
estimable
normal
gradual
genuine
hard-nosed
grown-up
pragmatical
preferred
proportional
well-proportioned
symmetrical
patient
secure
faultless
certain
infallible
beneficent
fruitful
well thought-out
unidealistic
behooveful
mentally stable
harmonious
probable
in one's best interests
productive
playing your cards close to your chest
inductive
defensible
maintainable
defendable
supportable
empirical
empiric
syllogistic
well-expressed
well-presented
arch
conciliatory
bland
contriving
introspective
well-structured
well presented
well expressed
plain
regulated
unbothered
unflustered
unfazed
calmed
unagitated
contemplated
prosperous
towardly
ruminative
pensive
trustworthy
equitable
ordered
mathematical
definitive
best suited
presentable
to one's advantage
in one's interest
for the best
weighed
investigated
examined
foreseeing
well timed
at the right time
clearheaded
carefully chosen
selected with care
decorous
straight-thinking
ruminating
deliberating
peaceful
recollected
limpid
equal
tranquil
unshaken
sedate
placid
level
possessed
undisturbed
assured
prepense
kind
lettered
forehanded
assertive
impartial
believable
understandable
forward
meditative
unprejudiced
proactive
self-composed
self-assured
admissible
unexcessive
making sense
unbiased
standing to reason
unextreme
self-confident
well chosen
thought-through
thought-about
academic
meditating
self-controlled
clear-cut
evenhanded
fair-minded
bookish
literary
recognized
US
sanctioned
significant
proven
canonical
true
reputable
recognised
UK
open to reason
workable
conventional
respectable
even
civilized
US
literate
based on good sense
practicable
modest
tolerant
esoteric
recondite
on lookout
having foresight
not rash
psychic
tried-and-true
official
formal
established
accepted
painstaking
forward-looking
realizable
US
attainable
operational
achievable
donnish
well versed
widely read
versed
illuminated
lenient
abstinent
disciplined
peaceable
mild
easy
conscientious
befitting
purposive
intended
scheduled
prearranged
projected
reticent
possible
doable
manageable
operable
hesitant
compromising
estimated
outlined
designed
prospective
purposeful
preconceived
intentional
prepared
second-sighted
telepathic
apposite
suspecting
suspicious
accomplishable
posted
well-educated
polymath
professorial
abstruse
well-rounded
civilised
UK
omniscient
solemn
pansophic
grave
not excessive
not given to excesses
apropos
assiduous
extrasensory
oracular
within reach
within reason
keeping a weather eye on
de règle
walking on egg shells
thinking twice
hedging your bets
keeping on one's toes
handling with kid gloves
thought out in advance
with reservations
watching one's step
watching out
walking on eggs
done on purpose
pre-planned
well-planned
with eyes peeled
taking it slow
playing safe
deliberately planned
on the qui vive
on the watch
on purpose
serious-minded
diligent
sedulous
exhaustive
industrious
belonging
congruous
related
fey
au courant
full
strict
dedicated
intensive
laborious
fitted
becoming
happy
ideal
pretty
perfect
tailor-made
utilitarian
regardful
thoroughgoing
elaborate
concerned
religious
vatic
sibylline
realisable
UK
selfdisciplined
loving
strenuous
just right
in-depth
with second sight
with a sixth sense
new age
spiritualistic
long-sighted
of use
within possibility
within the bounds of possibility
within the realms of possibility
self-serving
spot on
made to order
in one's own interests
to one's own advantage
by the book
going to great lengths
by the numbers
to the purpose
most likely
most correct
more ❯
“His
acute
mind must have often noted the defects of such a routine.”
Adjective
▲
(
of one's senses
)
Sensitive or perceptive to changes
sensitive
keen
sharp
delicate
fine
perceptive
discerning
good
penetrating
quick
finely honed
strong
well-developed
clear
piercing
powerful
incisive
responsive
sophisticated
mature
steely
accurate
exquisite
precise
heightened
canny
fully developed
well-rounded
profound
savvy
finely tuned
brilliant
observant
well-honed
bright
sharpened
whetted
razor sharp
sharp-edged
“Only Michael's
acute
sense of hearing saved him, allowing him just enough time to dive out of its path.”
Adjective
▲
Having a sharp end or point
sharp
acuminate
cuspidate
pointed
aciculate
sharpened
peaked
jagged
acicular
spiked
acuminous
cuspate
honed
piked
whetted
knifelike
fine
acute-angled
needle-shaped
razor-sharp
razor-like
pointy
cuspidated
aciculated
cuspated
edged
keen
mucronate
pronged
barbed
tipped
cusped
cusplike
tapering
sharp-edged
spired
serrated
sharp-cornered
cornered
acerate
acerose
tapered
spiky
acuate
unblunted
briery
horned
needlelike
knife-edged
prickly
thorny
splintery
tined
spiny
keen-edged
needle-pointed
cutting
apical
piercing
lancinating
gnawing
stinging
shooting
stabbing
salient
ground fine
narrow
acerous
stropped
ground
trenchant
razor-edged
edgy
spear-like
needle-like
spear-shaped
knife-like
conic
wedge-shaped
cone-shaped
conical
V-shaped
subulate
lanceolate
penetrating
razor
conoid
aculeate
sagittate
arrowlike
spearlike
sagittal
brambly
bristly
scratchy
briary
spinous
spinose
bristled
thistly
pyramidal
thinning
dwindling
thin
narrowing
spined
spicular
spiculate
muricate
barbellate
setaceous
hooked
diminished
funnel-shaped
toothed
notched
fine-edged
snaggy
attenuated
elongated
shaped
sawtooth
sawtoothed
bristling
burry
rough
echinated
taper
wedged
fusiform
lanceolar
strobilate
coned
infundibular
strobiloid
turbinate
conoidal
bristling with thorns
sticky
spiniferous
jaggy
more ❯
“Western knives are sturdy, durable and rust-resistant, but lack the
acute
blade edges and nimbleness of their Asian counterparts.”
Adjective
▲
Of a sound, having a comparatively high pitch
high-pitched
shrill
treble
piping
piercing
screeching
high
sharp
squeaking
penetrating
shrieking
squeaky
whistling
falsetto
soprano
clarion
shrieky
high-frequency
strident
loud
malodorous
reeking
rank
smelly
rancid
putrid
shrilly
fluting
clear
vibrant
pellucid
bright
ear-piercing
ear-splitting
intrusive
strong
shattering
air-rending
squawky
screechy
clanging
raucous
jarring
metallic
thin
blatant
clangorous
harsh
earsplitting
discordant
cacophonous
deafening
noisy
argute
blaring
reedy
feeble
tinny
carrying
stridulant
stridulatory
stridulous
thunderous
booming
head-splitting
crisp
clearly audible
soaring
small
faint
weak
soft
low
jangling
plinky
jingling
jingly
jangly
cracked
stentorious
ringing
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being alert or on top of things by paying close attention
attentive
observant
alert
intent
watchful
concentrating
heedful
mindful
aware
focused
US
vigilant
heeding
noticing
perceptive
percipient
studious
interested
listening
regardful
careful
committed
deep
diligent
earnest
focussed
UK
rapt
rigorous
scrupulous
awake
tentie
tenty
assiduous
reckful
open-eyed
beady-eyed
on guard
not missing a trick
on the lookout
paying attention
Argus-eyed
on one's toes
on the qui vive
on the job
on the ball
wide awake
wide-awake
on your toes
listening carefully
chary
cautious
prepared
wary
ready
prudent
circumspect
anxious
keen
guarded
agog
sharp
leery
on tiptoe
on the watch
sharp-eyed
eagle-eyed
hawk-eyed
keen-eyed
gimlet-eyed
on the alert
on alert
with weather eye open
keeping a weather eye on things
keeping one's eyes peeled
looking to
waiting on
with eyes like a hawk
with eyes peeled
looking for
keeping one's eyes skinned
with one's eyes open
active
quick
perky
wired
wide-eyed
fully awake
all ears
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
heads up
fast on the draw
engrossed
absorbed
preoccupied
occupied
immersed
fixed
wrapped up
concentrated
steadfast
lost
enthralled
riveted
engaged
caught up
steady
enrapt
intense
determined
fixated
firm
resolved
obsessive
involved
fanatical
obsessed
resolute
fascinated
single-minded
inflexible
gripped
intrigued
captivated
attending
eager
gone
consumed
held
enthusiastic
locked in
dialed in
really into
head over heels
set
bent
thorough
punctilious
industrious
zealous
meticulous
painstaking
sedulous
nice
up to one's ears
up to here
deep in thought
insistent
hell-bent
impatient
devoted
accepting
hearkening
receiving
submerged
wrapped
stuck
captive
surveying
understanding
advertent
clear-sighted
discovering
discerning
deducing
correct
detecting
discriminating
searching
contemplating
considering
sensitive
alive
questioning
bright
comprehending
intentive
penetrating
observative
intelligent
buried
transfixed
mesmerized
US
entranced
enraptured
hypnotized
US
enchanted
enamored
US
infatuated
bewitched
settled
spellbound
enticed
enamoured
UK
mesmerised
UK
hypnotised
UK
set on
exclusive
whole
entire
undivided
all
deep in
hooked on
strong-minded
persistent
dogged
dedicated
driven
intensive
motivated
on task
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise
raucous
grating
harsh
discordant
rasping
jarring
strident
rough
hoarse
dissonant
screeching
cacophonous
unmelodious
husky
sharp
piercing
shrill
unmusical
noisy
loud
inharmonious
scratchy
blaring
squawky
unharmonious
tumultuous
squawking
brassy
penetrating
grinding
riotous
clamorous
absonant
atonal
blatant
braying
stertorous
ear-piercing
ear-splitting
jangling
guttural
croaking
raspy
stridulous
coarse
gruff
earsplitting
rusty
croaky
tuneless
throaty
gravelly
stridulant
clashing
metallic
creaking
gravel
off-key
jangly
squeaky
deafening
astringent
caterwauling
growling
dry
tinny
booming
clangorous
thick
hard
sour
out-of-tune
out-of-key
growly
unvocal
cracked
disharmonic
deep
thunderous
rugged
unmelodic
disagreeing
acrid
glaring
incompatible
bleak
unrelenting
flat
rigid
jagged
asperous
severe
grim
unlevel
bitter
disturbing
uneven
craggy
immusical
harsh-sounding
screechy
ill-sounding
horrisonant
squealing
not smooth
clanging
harsh sounding
abrasive
rackety
low
dinning
stentorian
tickly
uncomfortable
clinking
rough-sounding
stridulent
brittle
stridulatory
stentorious
thundering
creaky
forceful
baying
persuasive
vociferous
vocal
vociferant
boisterous
obstreperous
inarticulate
glottal
sepulchral
high-pitched
disharmonious
snarling
high
inharmonic
cacophonic
unpleasant
disagreeable
shrieking
piping
croupy
breathy
whispering
out of tune
plinky
jingling
jingly
lacking harmony
at variance
at odds
whistling
treble
strong
shattering
air-rending
intrusive
squeaking
resounding
ringing
resonant
bell-like
argute
thin
incongruous
unsuitable
out of place
monotone
monotonous
droning
carrying
shrieky
head-splitting
gular
jugular
uncongenial
inappropriate
reedy
clamant
crisp
clearly audible
conflicting
yowling
yawping
yauping
out of keeping
vociferating
screaming
obtrusive
contrasting
grotesque
unaesthetic
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
informal
)
Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable in nature
wicked
unpleasant
disgusting
fierce
disagreeable
nasty
repulsive
terrible
displeasing
distressing
gross
horrid
intense
revolting
vile
abhorrent
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
bad
foul
horrible
irksome
mighty
repellent
repugnant
vexatious
abominable
annoying
awful
bitter
detestable
difficult
dreadful
harmful
harsh
hateful
icky
irritating
lousy
miserable
nauseating
offensive
painful
rotten
severe
trying
unappealing
uncomfortable
uncongenial
unlovely
unpalatable
unpleasing
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
unwelcome
yucky
yukky
appalling
bothersome
crashing
destructive
distasteful
execrable
fearful
galling
grody
injurious
invidious
objectionable
obnoxious
odious
sickening
troublesome
pesky
rancid
sour
off-putting
gut-wrenching
loathsome
noisome
frightful
hideous
uninviting
ghastly
atrocious
shocking
horrendous
stinking
gruesome
ugly
unattractive
unappetizing
scandalous
evil
nauseous
noxious
beastly
repellant
fulsome
yucko
obscene
rank
dirty
deplorable
sick-making
grotty
cruddy
skanky
mucky
loathly
disgustful
funky
God-awful
filthy
upsetting
raunchy
malodorous
squalid
smelly
acrid
putrid
fetid
US
grubby
polluted
mephitic
diabolical
pongy
stinky
whiffy
niffy
smudged
bedraggled
stained
besmirched
black
dingy
wretched
draggled
befouled
sneaking
smutty
despicable
contemptible
sorry
grimy
pitiful
blackened
grungy
miasmal
ratty
sullied
scabby
muddy
cheap
begrimed
scummy
scurvy
sordid
bemired
dusty
unclean
uncleanly
soiled
paltry
mean
lame
pitiable
festy
olid
foetid
UK
hellish
poison
bum
ungodly
unholy
outrageous
on the nose
dislikable
brackish
heinous
horrifying
lamentable
monstrous
horrific
foul-smelling
evil-smelling
grisly
grewsome
lurid
macabre
terrific
nightmarish
nightmare
unsportsmanlike
unfair
illegal
unsympathetic
yechy
discordant
regrettable
crummy
inhospitable
gnarly
undesirable
insufferable
woeful
pain
drag
unhappy
messy
weak
flat
eye-watering
not pleasant
extreme
unbearable
great
very bad
yecchy
sleazy
creepy
scuzzy
vulgar
lewd
calamitous
wrong
disgraceful
unspeakable
disquieting
frightening
stupefying
scary
forbidding
fearsome
heartstopping
disturbing
terrifying
perturbing
stunning
astonishing
startling
alarming
amazing
bewildering
direful
unsettling
formidable
agitating
overwhelming
intimidating
dire
staggering
redoubtable
surprising
unnerving
hellacious
godawful
abysmal
glaring
spine-chilling
from hell
hair-raising
grim
dismal
bleak
grievous
discomforting
depressing
sombre
UK
somber
US
doleful
distressful
troubling
disconcerting
worrisome
poor
comfortless
solemn
sad
excruciating
daunting
traumatic
heartbreaking
hard
stark
gloomy
grave
dark
pathetic
tragical
torturous
stressful
austere
dreary
heartrending
hostile
desolate
troublous
fraught
cheerless
drab
harrowing
joyless
disheartening
saddening
morose
depressive
glum
drear
cruel
piteous
tragic
hairy
tormenting
funereal
sorrowful
forlorn
godforsaken
sullen
jarring
abject
brutal
rueful
oppressive
sepulchral
lugubrious
impoverished
sober
unwelcoming
dour
dispiriting
melancholic
melancholy
disconsolate
worrying
dolorous
cold
depressed
morbid
mournful
dejecting
saturnine
discomposing
tenebrific
plutonian
tenebrous
dreich
oppressed
vicious
savage
lonesome
sunless
elegiac
elegiacal
Cimmerian
discouraging
hurtful
unfortunate
dull
hopeless
drearisome
woebegone
dejected
spiritless
heart-rending
gray
US
dim
bare
despondent
unendurable
chill
murky
bland
crestfallen
grey
UK
darkening
distressed
crushing
clinical
draggy
blue
mopey
impersonal
lonely
cloudy
wintery
UK
mourning
afflicted
institutional
teary
cast down
down-and-out
wintry
US
in the dumps
tearful
humourless
UK
humorless
US
pitiless
merciless
ruthless
concerning
rough
tough
afflictive
foreboding
mortifying
shameful
rugged
poverty-stricken
inferior
nerve-racking
nerve-wracking
indigent
scungy
exacting
unrelenting
biting
tortuous
stringent
rigorous
scabrous
uncoveted
unwanted
discommoding
dismaying
poignant
intolerable
discomfiting
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disappointing
devastating
unpopular
destabilising
UK
destabilizing
US
dispirited
mirthless
dolesome
unenviable
moving
plangent
lachrymose
derisible
pensive
heart-wrenching
arduous
unwished-for
disastrous
straitened
inexorable
spartan
stern
tear-jerking
inclement
intemperate
heavy
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unfriendly
hardhanded
burdensome
inhuman
searing
wild
adverse
disadvantageous
ominous
sinister
menacing
threatening
negative
ferocious
untoward
dangerous
unpromising
unsatisfactory
unacceptable
sedate
trashy
shoddy
uncool
awkward
afflicting
affecting
destitute
derisory
low
anguished
nail-biting
heart-breaking
extremely bad
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Occurring or done quickly and unexpectedly or without warning
sudden
abrupt
unexpected
unforeseen
swift
unanticipated
quick
rapid
hasty
hurried
immediate
instant
instantaneous
sharp
impetuous
impulsive
lightning
precipitate
precipitous
rash
accelerated
expeditious
fast
fleet
headlong
impromptu
precipitant
quickened
rushing
spasmodic
speedy
explosive
speeded
steep
unusual
without notice
without warning
out of the blue
unlooked-for
without delay
not bargained for
unannounced
unplanned
surprising
meteoric
blindsiding
not in the cards
violent
breakneck
unimagined
unsuspected
unheralded
unpredictable
unlooked for
from left field
startling
forthwith
direct
prompt
unpredicted
unhoped for
inconceivable
unenvisaged
on-the-spot
arbitrary
unthought of
unplanned for
peremptory
perfunctory
cursory
without formality
summary
without hesitation
without discussion
Adjective
▲
Exact or retentive in detail with regards to imagery
photographic
realistic
graphic
vivid
faithful
exact
detailed
precise
accurate
retentive
visual
clear
intense
true-to-life
natural
representational
lifelike
near
living
true
naturalistic
three-dimensional
photo-realistic
truthful
verisimilar
veristic
real-life
kitchen-sink
true-life
warts and all
factualistic
authentic
undistorted
naturalist
convincing
credible
speaking
filmic
believable
representative
factual
original
real
cinematic
true to life
dramatic
lucid
memorable
strong
unforgettable
genuine
sharp
evocative
expressive
pictorial
close
distinct
eloquent
striking
fresh
crystal clear
colorful
US
colourful
UK
highly coloured
like
similar
alike
still life
definitive
explicit
illustrative
imaginative
forceful
narrative
revealing
descriptive
arresting
affecting
stirring
picturesque
powerful
moving
lively
stimulating
telling
haunting
rich
scintillating
impressive
emotive
delineated
graphical
interesting
fascinating
realsome
definite
active
theatrical
sharply-etched
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or angered
peppery
angry
cranky
cross
grumpy
irascible
testy
fiery
grouchy
irritable
peevish
ratty
surly
touchy
cantankerous
choleric
crabby
curt
gruff
huffy
impatient
moody
prickly
querulous
snappy
bilious
bitter
brusque
chippy
crabbed
dyspeptic
narky
snappish
sour
splenetic
crotchety
crusty
curmudgeonly
eggy
peckish
snarling
soreheaded
tetchy
liverish
miffy
sarcastic
scratchy
snaky
waspish
acerbic
complaining
passionate
sharp
sorehead
spunky
vitriolic
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
hot-tempered
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
ill-natured
quick-tempered
short-tempered
like a bear with a sore head
sharp-tongued
sharp-tempered
pettish
fractious
petulant
disagreeable
perverse
ornery
snippy
snarky
stuffy
shirty
stroppy
snippety
raspy
on a short fuse
fretful
sullen
edgy
shrewish
waxy
quarrelsome
volatile
out of sorts
captious
sulky
bearish
cross-grained
short-fused
mean
in a bad mood
churlish
morose
temperamental
out of humor
thin-skinned
as cross as two sticks
acid
whingy
difficult
nasty
whingeing
hotheaded
on edge
argumentative
harsh
miserable
in a mood
out of temper
hot-blooded
acrimonious
awkward
spiteful
uptight
bloody-minded
exasperated
contrary
tart
sensitive
fussy
excitable
annoyed
waspy
mardy
critical
truculent
grumbling
obstinate
oversensitive
uncooperative
acrid
vinegary
grousing
hot-headed
having got out of bed the wrong side
violent
feisty
cynical
scrappy
arsey
whining
tough
dissatisfied
carping
trying
saturnine
iracund
iracundulous
cussed
vicious
malicious
venomous
easily offended
ugly
dour
fault-finding
having got out of bed on the wrong side
abusive
discontented
contentious
snarly
bristly
tense
unkind
emotional
tempestuous
melodramatic
hypersensitive
glum
disgruntled
unsociable
ireful
tooshie
mercurial
intense
misanthropic
pertinacious
stormy
incensed
whiny
impulsive
short
dramatic
gloomy
inflammable
malignant
vindictive
hasty
griping
mumpish
growling
fretting
childish
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
blunt
chuffy
shaken
frantic
raving
inflamed
infuriated
fuming
enraged
furious
hottempered
obstreperous
ungracious
highly strung
steamed-up
out of humour
easily upset
nasty-tempered
hot under the collar
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
all shook up
ticklish
unruly
recalcitrant
vinegarish
scornful
refractory
bellyaching
beefing
owly
unpleasant
zowerswopped
atrabilious
froward
restless
indomitable
uncompliant
restive
indocile
wild
apt to fly off the handle
perversely irritable
huffish
murmuring
plaintive
belligerent
pouty
censorious
hypercritical
displeased
resentful
crybaby
antagonistic
destructive
hostile
bellicose
pouting
brooding
disputatious
confrontational
inhospitable
inimical
pugnacious
fierce
adversarial
loudmouthed
sore
filthy
threatening
unfriendly
defiant
combative
militant
malevolent
warlike
grumbly
salty
moaning
negative
crying
deploring
lamenting
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
bad-humored
like a bear
got up on wrong side of bed
offensive
rancorous
antipathetic
agonistic
discordant
mighty
assaultive
hard to please
huffy irascible
aggressive
negativistic
cutting
scathing
biting
passive-aggressive
caustic
barbed
sardonic
derogatory
derisory
mordant
severe
trenchant
acerb
hurtful
hard
acidulous
corrosive
wounding
cruel
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
abrasive
smart-mouthed
scalding
pungent
satiric
acidic
satirical
mordacious
catty
sharp-worded
thoughtless
inconsiderate
virulent
double-edged
rude
piqued
impolite
irritated
discourteous
glowering
uncivil
scowling
vexed
mopey
indignant
unsmiling
wrathful
abrupt
irked
moping
mean-spirited
peeved
irate
malign
humourless
UK
frowning
humorless
US
unhelpful
unmannerly
gladiatorial
brawly
put out
riled
upset
provoked
embittered
ill-mannered
unresponsive
uncommunicative
hateful
on the warpath
litigious
boorish
heated
dark
impetuous
angered
aggrieved
uncharitable
louring
mad
aggravated
fed up
rough
poisonous
bolshie
steamed up
worked up
joyless
foaming at the mouth
in a huff
in a temper
bent out of shape
teed off
crude
forbidding
terse
warring
offended
ferocious
choked
grim
miffed
livid
narked
nettled
outraged
galled
menacing
sombre
UK
somber
US
obnoxious
taciturn
wound up
sourpussed
apoplectic
impassioned
sulking
cheerless
bad
uncongenial
hot
ropeable
unhappy
crook
up in arms
wroth
frenzied
in high dudgeon
hacked off
evil-minded
agitated
ticked off
ranting
hopping mad
in a lather
fit to be tied
cheesed off
aerated
bluff
offhand
unceremonious
no-nonsense
factious
disobliging
disputative
stern
unlikable
mopish
wrangling
jumpy
battling
fighting
aloof
bickering
flinty
steely
uninviting
biffo
aggers
serious
unapproachable
formidable
hurt
dismal
foul
oppugnant
rankled
ballistic
bad-mannered
stony
brawling
unsympathetic
ready for a fight
ticked
seething
intimidating
austere
lowering
solemn
grave
snide
steamed
rotten
raging
incandescent
rabid
spoiling for a fight
uncomfortable
wicked
maddened
faultfinding
storming
seeing red
in a paddy
boiling
spare
roiled
infuriate
hopping
in a pet
have chip on shoulder
bristling
wretched
viperous
steaming
evil-intentioned
beside oneself
frustrated
with all guns blazing
annoying
down in the mouth
in a fume
antisocial
not best pleased
going crook
vengeful
have a bone to pick
in a bate
disapproving
hysterical
horn-mad
agitable
in a frenzy
icy
contemptible
blue in the face
riley
base
browned off
vile
mean-looking
hate-filled
enflamed
foaming
beside yourself with rage
peed off
pigheaded
thrawn
envenomed
contumacious
contrarious
obstructive
balky
lugubrious
pointed
disrespectful
tempersome
vehement
unreasonable
unaccommodating
brief
brusk
ungenerous
grudging
jaundiced
sober
pessimistic
stressy
having short fuse
hot under collar
unindulgent
forceful
long-faced
uncontrollable
undiplomatic
Eeyorish
with a long face
off
offish
hawkish
warmongering
cavalier
militaristic
dissentious
controversial
polemical
polemic
malcontent
objectionable
hard-nosed
boisterous
turbulent
ructious
war
arguesome
jingoistic
rebellious
toey
brisk
bothered
affronted
flustered
provocative
crass
brassed off
disturbed
harassed
unamused
snuffy
scunnered
troubled
harried
ruffled
wrath
snitty
hassled
distant
sabre-rattling
battleful
dicey
hazardous
unsafe
unpredictable
perturbable
eristic
pushy
nagging
unlovable
evil
breviloquent
ungentlemanly
stewed
insulted
strict
ungallant
unbearable
unloveable
insufferable
irritating
unchivalrous
having a chip on one's shoulder
self-assertive
ready to fight
itching to fight
maleficent
black
baleful
malefic
easily frightened
blue
dejected
wounded
neurotic
easily agitated
kittle
high-strung
mopy
broody
skittish
antagonized
US
flip
psyched up
angerful
ardent
cold
convulsed
graceless
direct
vulgar
scolding
criticizing
US
naysaying
boot-faced
ungentle
resolute
savage
fell
gray
US
stiff
sinister
stark
grey
UK
bleak
coarse
hacked
very angry
wired up
ignorant
clodhopping
rustic
lowbred
unneighborly
in a rage
off the air
dogged
perturbed
all steamed up
overcome with anger
burned up
bummed out
at end of one's rope
bugged
boiling mad
hot and bothered
antagonised
UK
scandalized
US
shocked
pushed too far
rousted
beside yourself
at boiling point
raging mad
rubbed the wrong way
blown a gasket
scandalised
UK
roused
in a filthy temper
buffaloed
vex
backbiting
vixenish
cattish
criticising
UK
bundle of nerves
short-spoken
hoha
looking for trouble
have it in for
on the outs
at loggerheads
matter-of-fact
to the point
overwrought
distraught
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