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Adjective
▲
Inclined to express negative or disapproving comments
carping
captious
critical
censorious
hypercritical
niggling
quibbling
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
overcritical
pettifogging
hair-splitting
overexact
overprecise
over-rigorous
over-strict
pedantic
nitpicking
pass-remarkable
pernickety
fussy
hairsplitting
hard to please
nagging
nit-picking
difficult to please
on someone's back
impossible to please
disapproving
judgmental
overdelicate
squeamish
refined
faddy
careful
pharisaic
self-righteous
brusque
cruel
hurtful
berating
pejorative
nasty
cursing
mean
sensitive
assiduous
painstaking
prim
pure
puritanical
prudish
keen
stuffy
sedulous
perceptive
proper
faddish
prissy
acute
Victorian
strait-laced
schoolmarmish
thorough
stickling
queasy
very careful
easily disgusted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Insulting or showing ridicule
disparaging
contemptuous
derogatory
slighting
belittling
critical
scornful
deprecatory
disdainful
insulting
abusive
scathing
derisive
offensive
pejorative
uncharitable
contumelious
defamatory
dismissive
snide
unflattering
denigratory
deprecating
libellousUK
libelousUS
slanderous
uncomplimentary
unfavorableUS
unfavourableUK
unsympathetic
censorious
decrying
degrading
demeaning
denigrative
depreciative
depreciatory
derisory
derogative
detractive
detractory
epithetical
negative
catty
damaging
disapproving
judgmental
minimisingUK
minimizingUS
sneering
mocking
insolent
jeering
scoffing
vulgar
deprecative
invective
scandalous
ridiculing
withering
vituperatory
vitriolic
taunting
sniffy
denigrating
supercilious
debasing
reviling
scurril
truculent
scurrile
jibing
condescending
sardonic
snotty
caustic
full of contempt
affronting
sarky
depreciating
foul
mortifying
cynical
discourteous
uncivil
unmannerly
obloquious
obnoxious
aspersive
impertinent
calumniating
patronizingUS
haughty
arrogant
harsh
shaming
patronisingUK
abhorrent
cheeky
teasing
pillorying
snooty
lampooning
satirical
biting
unpleasant
blasphemous
unkind
scolding
shameful
undignified
muckraking
wounding
snidey
violent
berating
slurring
venomous
lowering
superior
defaming
hateful
castigating
vicious
false
misrepresentative
irreverent
damning
upbraiding
coarse
proud
disgraceful
untrue
impolite
dirty
indecent
ignominious
abject
unworthy
outrageous
downgrading
offending
cheapening
inglorious
malign
infra dig
dishonourableUK
contemptible
menial
despicable
overbearing
egotistic
cavalier
sharp-tongued
snobbish
dishonorableUS
bringing shame
uppity
cool
high and mighty
on your high horse
repulsive
virulent
familiar
intrusive
lying
maledictory
scandalmongering
backbiting
acerbic
smearing
poisonous
disadvantageous
sniping
dyslogistic
maledictive
perfunctory
ranting
denunciatory
aspersory
unfriendly
bitter
sharp
unenthusiastic
dimissory
defiant
libelingUS
injuring
excoriating
hurting
abasing
libellingUK
vile
malignant
reproaching
disgracing
abrupt
curt
brusque
gruff
short
surly
blunt
ungracious
shrewish
vain
imperious
hypercritical
insinuating
bad-mannered
ill-mannered
objectionable
snippy
hard-nosed
bold
hard
audacious
temperamental
upstage
cold-shoulder
irritating
annoying
reproving
castigatory
snarky
ill-natured
mordacious
pathetic
silly
ridiculous
cockamamy
absurd
ludicrous
laughable
risible
cockamamie
comical
farcical
preposterous
offhand
displeasing
rough
high hat
dog it
on high horse
cutting
ribald
groundless
obscene
low
infamous
salacious
gross
scabrous
gally
out-of-line
flip
cocky
fresh
smart-alecky
smart
sassy
nervy
crusty
exasperating
raunchy
lewd
vituperous
smutty
filthy
shameless
exceptionable
provocative
impudent
embarrassing
vexing
provoking
galling
corrupting
wretched
unbecoming
Rabelaisian
censurable
shocking
unacceptable
crude
reprehensible
lordly
aloof
for the birds
detestable
upsetting
improper
foul-mouthed
hoity-toity
indifferent
hifalutin
prideful
lofty
highfalutin
uppish
rejecting
antipathetic
contemning
averse
high-and-mighty
scouting
despising
repudiating
toplofty
turning up your nose at
looking down your nose at
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Dissatisfied and complaining or rebellious
malcontent
discontented
disgruntled
dissatisfied
unhappy
disaffected
displeased
rebellious
resentful
restive
annoyed
factious
grumbling
irritated
vexed
complaining
dissentious
malcontented
peeved
piqued
troublemaking
aggrieved
bellyaching
carping
discontent
disgusted
fed up
nitpicking
ill-disposed
put out
unsatisfied
belly-aching
brassed off
browned off
cheesed off
hacked off
not best pleased
peed off
teed off
ticked off
enraged
furious
galled
provoked
infuriated
choleric
outraged
ruffled
shirty
ireful
wrathful
in a temper
ratty
foaming at the mouth
bent out of shape
ill-humoredUS
ill-humouredUK
agitated
in a bad mood
livid
fuming
irascible
stung
maddened
steamed up
snaky
apoplectic
crook
harassed
tetchy
touchy
hot-tempered
inflamed
rankled
ticked
ballistic
roiled
rabid
steaming
soreheaded
scunnered
short-tempered
hopping mad
flustered
wrath
fit to be tied
narky
prickly
ropeable
boiling
enflamed
worried
in a lather
on the warpath
out of humour
as cross as two sticks
quick-tempered
waspish
harried
moody
crabbed
fiery
seething
splenetic
chippy
uptight
crotchety
foaming
stroppy
hot
infuriate
shocked
hopping
riley
aerated
waxy
horn-mad
worked up
beside oneself
in a frenzy
slighted
grieved
out of sorts
fractious
sickened
revolted
antagonizedUS
repulsed
nauseated
chafed
captious
tormented
repelled
wild
pettish
heated
perverse
tense
snarky
crusty
snippy
snippety
stuffy
choked
needled
appalled
raspy
nauseous
antagonisedUK
mardy
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
sick
wound up
out of humor
seeing red
rattled
mortified
going crook
in a pet
in a fume
grossed out
turned off
blue in the face
reproachful
disagreeable
dark
fretted
malignant
whingy
curt
malicious
vindictive
dyspeptic
hassled
raging
incandescent
raving
pouty
confused
frenzied
perplexed
peckish
whiny
crybaby
ungracious
dirty
unglued
filthy
liverish
brusque
short
ranting
jumpy
bugged
pouting
mean
gnashing one's teeth
hotheaded
storming
spare
scandalizedUS
edgy
mumpish
sorehead
passionate
at daggers drawn
aghast
scandalisedUK
queasy
hung up
in a paddy
off the air
overwrought
with all guns blazing
burned up
in a bate
beside yourself with rage
unimpressed
goaded
unconvinced
defiant
snubbed
disheartened
wry
discouraged
unmet
failed
dishonoredUS
humiliated
snitty
undermined
abrupt
defeated
weighty
annoying
distressing
umbrageous
dishonouredUK
p.o.'d
unsatisfiable
disrespected
vehement
terse
hacked
very angry
up the wall
rousted
roused
impetuous
unindulgent
carrying a chip on your shoulder
cut to the quick
dogged
buffaloed
having short fuse
hot under collar
frantic
boiling mad
in a rage
all steamed up
overcome with anger
bummed out
at end of one's rope
hot and bothered
pushed too far
beside yourself
at boiling point
raging mad
rubbed the wrong way
blown a gasket
in a filthy temper
menacing
threatening
temperamental
sensitive
feisty
bristly
glum
unsociable
argumentative
gruff
volatile
belligerent
aggressive
shrewish
misanthropic
oversensitive
ornery
obstinate
quarrelsome
difficult
bilious
contentious
truculent
harsh
pertinacious
malevolent
evil
wicked
uncooperative
snarling
contrary
peppery
hypercritical
curmudgeonly
maleficent
baleful
gloomy
iracund
tough
brooding
iracundulous
morose
bearish
fussy
disputatious
scratchy
waspy
trying
dour
acid
growling
tart
sharp
nasty
saturnine
blunt
cussed
on edge
awkward
venomous
vinegary
whingeing
childish
hasty
obstreperous
chuffy
malign
glowering
louring
poisonous
malefic
squeamish
had it
full up
sick and tired of
had bellyful
weary
satiated
up to here
tired
fastidious
had enough
sick of
abhorred
anxious
ugly
fierce
black
thin-skinned
having got out of bed on the wrong side
nasty-tempered
ill-natured
in a mood
cross-grained
like a bear with a sore head
on a short fuse
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
hot-blooded
having got out of bed the wrong side
short-fused
easily offended
concerned
uneasy
evil-intentioned
hate-filled
disconcerted
unsettled
dismayed
discomposed
apprehensive
jittery
hinky
unquiet
goosey
insecure
dithery
nervous
antsy
atwitter
queazy
aflutter
nervy
asea
shaken
exacerbated
beset
puzzled
inconvenienced
discombobulated
tortured
distraught
pestered
in a tizzy
afraid
ill at ease
harrowed
frightened
worried stiff
scared
terrified
het up
alarmed
fearful
plagued
out of countenance
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having or showing an irritable disposition
peevish
angry
cranky
cross
grumpy
irascible
irritable
sulky
testy
critical
fiery
fractious
fretful
grouchy
petulant
ratty
surly
touchy
cantankerous
choleric
crabby
huffy
impatient
moody
prickly
querulous
snappy
sullen
whingy
bilious
bitter
chippy
crabbed
disagreeable
dyspeptic
narky
obstinate
ornery
pertinacious
perverse
pettish
shrewish
snappish
sour
splenetic
acrimonious
captious
churlish
crotchety
crusty
curmudgeonly
eggy
miserable
peckish
peppery
snarky
soreheaded
tetchy
whining
edgy
liverish
mean
miffy
morose
scratchy
snaky
snippety
snippy
stuffy
waspish
carping
cavillingUK
cavilingUS
childish
complaining
cussed
fretting
grousing
growling
mardy
irritated
vexed
piqued
peeved
restless
unhappy
unfriendly
upset
restive
hostile
irked
embittered
bloody-minded
uneasy
malcontent
faultfinding
excitable
belligerent
fed up
put out
jumpy
indignant
bellicose
mopey
highly strung
unpleasant
antagonistic
tempestuous
disputative
tooshie
glowering
violent
frowning
sourpussed
picky
sulking
vicious
anxious
hypersensitive
worried
fidgety
combative
uncomfortable
pugnacious
nervous
stressed
bad
ill at ease
unsettled
confrontational
twitchy
frustrated
agitated
factious
militant
disapproving
unquiet
disaffected
abrupt
overstrung
defiant
ticklish
aggrieved
warring
disquieted
atrabilious
threatening
het up
discontent
gladiatorial
agonistic
wrangling
envious
battling
fighting
grudging
ungratified
arsey
discordant
riled
narked
bickering
wild
jaundiced
brawly
assaultive
warlike
moping
offended
angered
malcontented
perturbed
kvetching
cheesed off
unpredictable
rude
ticked off
teed off
unruly
recalcitrant
brassed off
hacked off
uncivil
unresponsive
uncommunicative
browned off
vitriolic
disobliging
refractory
hysterical
froward
not best pleased
ready for a fight
joyless
unmannerly
out of joint
impolite
impassioned
indomitable
wrathful
malevolent
foul
objecting
envenomed
malign
overwrought
distraught
vehement
aggravated
sarcastic
protesting
naysaying
terse
wicked
uncongenial
spunky
acerbic
acute
choked
snarly
zowerswopped
filthy
ungenerous
bad-humored
perversely irritable
miffed
dissenting
repining
mourning
accusing
weeping
bellyaching
bewailing
regretting
charging
disappointed
uncompliant
indocile
impetuous
unindulgent
worked up
wrought up
distressed
got up on wrong side of bed
like a bear
unsatisfied
unfulfilled
mean-spirited
cruel
discourteous
hurt
stewed
nettled
provoked
insulted
sharp-tempered
wreck
rattled
mopish
scowling
unlikable
toey
eristic
unhelpful
dark
aloof
dicey
hazardous
unsafe
perturbable
regretful
heated
having short fuse
hot under collar
withdrawn
dismal
depressed
cheerless
ennuied
snivelingUS
put-out
unassuaged
begrudging
insatiable
fed-up
unappeased
bothered
not satisfied
unsated
jealous
wired up
wound up
melodramatic
snivellingUK
bundle of nerves
nervy
emotional
hot-headed
insecure
wired
apprehensive
skittish
in a huff
down in the mouth
having a fit of the sulks
in a funk
in the sulks
in a strop
unstable
brittle
neurotic
impulsive
incensed
mercurial
intense
stormy
antsy
bristling
inflammable
spirited
inimical
intolerant
lively
antisocial
vengeful
hateful
manic
antipathetic
icy
virulent
lawless
jittery
hinky
goosey
keyed up
troubled
dithery
atwitter
queasy
queazy
aflutter
dramatic
stressy
adrenalized
excited
hung up
high-strung
on tenterhooks
shaken
frantic
infuriated
fuming
steamed-up
raving
inflamed
enraged
furious
hottempered
chagrined
dissentious
controversial
polemical
polemic
like a cat on a hot tin roof
like a cat on hot bricks
on pins and needles
irate
ructious
arguesome
galled
turbulent
war
brawling
blue
disturbed
livid
apoplectic
mad
steamed
have chip on shoulder
steamed up
crook
vex
ropeable
all shook up
sick and tired
sick to death
peed off
hoha
wroth
aerated
fed up to the teeth
demanding
stubborn
with a chip on your shoulder
fed up to the back teeth
uncompromising
hopping mad
bent out of shape
overbearing
intractable
unrelenting
unreasonable
unamenable
unaccommodating
grim
up in arms
on the warpath
foaming at the mouth
in a lather
in a paddy
hardheaded
importunate
strong-minded
pitiless
strict
single-minded
set in one's ways
boorish
rigid
hard-line
inflexible
finical
hard-nosed
obdurate
tiresome
pigheaded
hard to handle
unmanageable
invidious
bull-headed
steadfast
choosy
fiendish
uppity
troublesome
headstrong
resolute
immovable
oafish
tyrannical
thrawn
stiff
opinionated
stiff-necked
delicate
dogmatic
intransigent
oppressive
hard to satisfy
irritating
unflinching
contrarious
overcritical
wrong-headed
inexorable
unyielding
opinionative
unbending
obstructive
perfectionist
balky
particular
fastidious
over-particular
finicky
dictatorial
bolshie
in a bate
fit to be tied
more ❯
Noun
▲
Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things
criticism
carping
niggling
captiousness
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
quibbling
bleating
complaining
griping
grumbling
hair-splitting
moaning
nitpicking
pedantry
whining
bellyaching
grouching
grousing
hairsplitting
nagging
nit-picking
overnice
objection
exception
fuss
protesting
protestation
murmuring
grievance
grumble
grouse
grouch
gripe
whine
murmur
whinge
bellyache
moan
beef
problem
dispute
lament
annoyance
squawk
whimper
carp
quibble
miserere
yammer
plaint
bleat
wail
cavil
holler
kvetch
whispering
chunter
rhubarb
squabble
bickering
quarrel
faultfinding
moans and groans
more ❯
“You may be distracted, overly hopeful, in a fault-finding mood, or just plain bored.”
Noun
▲
Bitter and abusive language
vituperation
invective
abuse
blame
castigation
obloquy
reprimand
flak
rebuke
vilification
chastisement
condemnation
criticism
opprobrium
revilement
scolding
tongue-lashing
upbraiding
admonition
disapprobation
insults
vitriol
curses
defamation
denigration
denouncement
denunciation
harangue
libel
slander
backbiting
calumniation
calumny
disparagement
evil-speaking
malice
slandering
venom
aspersions
bad-mouthing
bashing
fulminations
knocking
scurrility
slamming
slurs
spite
spitefulness
billingsgate
cattiness
censure
fulmination
mud-slinging
reproach
rubbishing
slating
stick
verbal
animadversion
contumely
derogation
objurgation
berating
mauling
savaging
slagging off
tirade
verbal abuse
attack
diatribe
lecture
carpeting
roasting
philippic
rollicking
reviling
accusation
insult
earful
rant
bawling-out
caning
rocket
talking-to
polemic
row
disfavorUS
railing
disfavourUK
dig
verbal onslaught
imputation
incrimination
charge
inculpation
indictment
jeremiad
slight
assault
jibe
implication
offenseUS
telling off
slap in the face
offenceUK
expostulation
sarcasm
traducement
odium
repudiation
indignity
scandal
comeuppance
scurrilousness
barb
impeachment
stream of abuse
affront
attribution
decrying
battering
epithet
exprobation
disagreement
outrage
discipline
correction
boycott
discourse
disesteem
screed
sermon
verbal attack
sneer
rebuff
smearing
warning
dis
diss
gird
dart
argument
gibe
onslaught
chewing out
speech
dislike
persecution
declamation
damning
impugnment
exhortation
putdown
dispute
penalty
wrath
exception
demurral
distaste
dissent
nemesis
spiel
deserts
shame
outburst
malediction
discountenance
caution
libelingUS
defaming
libellingUK
maligning
vilifying
traducing
aspersing
blackening
discontentment
jeer
proscription
catcall
snub
blowing-up
thumbs down
scoff
talking to
personality
name
poke
jab
goading
cutting remark
dump
ridiculing
mockery
rap on the knuckles
slap on wrist
taunt
black eye
hard time
backhanded compliment
dirty dig
kick in the teeth
censoriousness
barrage
exchange
screen
disquisition
monologueUK
debate
controversy
protest
admonishments
antagonism
animosity
blowing up
counsel
advice
mudslinging
raps
knocks
enmity
stigmatizationUS
signifying
anger
ranting
chastening
disputation
disrepute
mocking comment
damnation
abasement
lying
malicious
maliciousness
dishonorUS
disgrace
fire
ill will
vociferation
monologUS
stain
address
blemish
slap on the wrists
stigmatisationUK
upbraidment
cursing
discharge
curse
intimidation
conviction
sentence
shaft
upbraid
scold
retribution
oration
homily
prohibition
rejection
scoffing
judgmentUS
doom
flea in the ear
piece of your mind
minimization
slanderousness
obscenity
indecency
expletives
swearing
grooming
ragging
perception
observation
talk
peroration
judgementUK
blaming
humiliation
reflection
dishonourUK
coarseness
offensiveness
pointed comment
sting
ban
dooming
embargo
going over
oral punishment
bawling out
what for
calling down
infamousness
abusiveness
grossness
bad language
philippics
swear words
provocation
teasing
flea in your ear
piece of one's mind
malevolence
haul over the coals
being put in one's place
tick off
tell off
foul language
blasphemy
counterblast
confrontation
chewing-out
spouting
source of discredit
pugnacity
defilement
interdict
going-over
brush-off
blackball
zing
boo
nix
ostracism
hiss
discontent
pep talk
combativeness
taunting
burn
suppression
disparaging remark
insolence
belligerence
reading out
tittle-tattle
scandalmongering
one in the eye
black list
muckraking
crack
parting shot
comeback
snappy comeback
rumourUK
malicious gossip
lie
slagging-off
verbal assault
beating
dynamite
aftertale
slime
tale
defamation of character
scorcher
dirt
mud
false report
smear campaign
rumorUS
jumping
low-down dirty
dirty laundry
false light
cheap shot
slap in face
strike
harassment
torment
hounding
bias crime
offensive
hate crime
beating up
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Excessive concern with minor details and rules
pedantry
dogmatism
exactness
literalism
precision
punctiliousness
quibbling
sophistry
fastidiousness
finicality
finickiness
formalism
meticulousness
overscrupulousness
perfectionism
purism
scrupulousness
captiousness
carping
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
hairsplitting
hair-splitting
pettifoggery
pomposity
casuistry
nitpicking
overnicety
pettifogging
laboriousness
pedagogery
pretension
thoroughness
unimaginativeness
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A statement that something is unsatisfactory or unacceptable
complaint
grievance
beef
grumble
moan
criticism
grouse
protest
accusation
gripe
objection
plaint
remonstrance
whine
charge
grouch
lament
protestation
wail
whinge
cavil
annoyance
bleat
carp
dissatisfaction
fuss
holler
kvetch
miserere
murmur
quibble
squawk
whimper
yammer
yike
CC
clamourUK
clamorUS
guff
jeremiad
remonstration
representation
reproach
rumble
statement of dissatisfaction
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