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(
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Irritable and quarrelsome
Having an impetuous or quick-tempered nature
Adjective
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(
typically of children
)
Irritable and quarrelsome
fractious
cross
grouchy
irritable
peevish
testy
grumpy
tetchy
touchy
crabby
crotchety
pettish
bad-tempered
cantankerous
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
ill-natured
ill-tempered
chippy
crabbed
curmudgeonly
disagreeable
irascible
ratty
waspish
awkward
crusty
hot-tempered
in a mood
peppery
prickly
quick-tempered
scratchy
short-tempered
shrewish
snappish
splenetic
bilious
choleric
cross-grained
dyspeptic
liverish
ornery
petulant
recalcitrant
short-fused
snappy
unruly
cranky
eggy
fretful
in a bad mood
narky
peckish
querulous
refractory
shirty
soreheaded
stroppy
as cross as two sticks
captious
froward
miffy
snaky
waxy
complaining
huffy
indocile
indomitable
mean
perverse
restive
restless
scrappy
thin-skinned
uncompliant
wild
having got out of bed the wrong side
like a bear with a sore head
fiery
surly
snippy
impatient
volatile
stuffy
snarky
snippety
bearish
raspy
quarrelsome
snarling
sullen
brusque
out of sorts
sulky
temperamental
edgy
out of humor
gruff
moody
sour
annoyed
acid
hotheaded
bloody-minded
argumentative
hot-blooded
curt
churlish
exasperated
spiteful
grumbling
nasty
morose
vinegary
uptight
angry
truculent
obstinate
difficult
uncooperative
contrary
fussy
harsh
sharp
sensitive
passionate
excitable
having got out of bed on the wrong side
out of temper
disgruntled
critical
tense
bitter
unsociable
saturnine
oversensitive
short
malignant
vindictive
tart
cussed
iracund
iracundulous
ugly
grousing
dissatisfied
griping
vicious
waspy
obstreperous
acrimonious
dour
malicious
venomous
filthy
mardy
unpleasant
impulsive
out of humour
inflammable
easily upset
hot-headed
scornful
ticklish
tooshie
vinegarish
arsey
apt to fly off the handle
snarly
zowerswopped
atrabilious
bad-humored
like a bear
got up on wrong side of bed
bellyaching
beefing
owly
perversely irritable
glum
huffish
feisty
whingy
bristly
ireful
misanthropic
cynical
contentious
pouty
pertinacious
discontented
hypercritical
whining
miserable
displeased
resentful
whiny
crybaby
ungracious
gloomy
pouting
tough
brooding
disputatious
on edge
acrid
trying
carping
mumpish
growling
fretting
whingeing
childish
cavilling
UK
hasty
caviling
US
sorehead
sore
blunt
chuffy
foul-tempered
fault-finding
nasty-tempered
hot under the collar
out-of-sorts
easily offended
belligerent
combative
foul
malevolent
antagonistic
bad
uncharitable
rude
unfriendly
vitriolic
confrontational
inhospitable
pugnacious
uncongenial
inconsiderate
unsympathetic
catty
bellicose
rancorous
aggressive
abusive
wrathful
hostile
furious
unkind
joyless
militant
hateful
viperous
malign
mean-spirited
evil-minded
threatening
impolite
discourteous
piqued
glowering
uncivil
scowling
mopey
indignant
unsmiling
fierce
abrupt
vexed
irritated
severe
moping
irate
rough
humourless
UK
warlike
poisonous
frowning
humorless
US
unhelpful
agonistic
unmannerly
assaultive
discordant
caustic
cruel
irked
upset
enraged
embittered
acerbic
ill-mannered
unresponsive
uncommunicative
abrasive
on the warpath
defiant
gladiatorial
hard
cutting
boorish
heated
peeved
stern
dark
brawly
put out
biting
impetuous
aggrieved
louring
mad
riled
fed up
virulent
provoked
steamed up
worked up
foaming at the mouth
in a huff
in a temper
bent out of shape
teed off
bolshie
crude
acerb
forbidding
sarcastic
violent
terse
offensive
hurtful
ferocious
grim
litigious
antipathetic
livid
wounding
outraged
galled
menacing
sombre
UK
somber
US
obnoxious
infuriated
taciturn
wound up
sourpussed
apoplectic
aggravated
impassioned
angered
incensed
sulking
cheerless
oppugnant
salty
fuming
ropeable
unhappy
raving
crook
hot
up in arms
wroth
frenzied
in high dudgeon
hacked off
agitated
ticked off
ranting
hopping mad
sharp-tongued
in a lather
fit to be tied
tempestuous
cheesed off
choked
aerated
bluff
offhand
unceremonious
no-nonsense
destructive
loudmouthed
inimical
disobliging
unlikable
thoughtless
mopish
jumpy
aloof
warring
flinty
steely
uninviting
callous
serious
unapproachable
formidable
dismal
rankled
ballistic
bad-mannered
offended
stony
brawling
aggers
unfeeling
galling
nettled
ticked
seething
biffo
brutal
insensitive
intimidating
austere
lowering
solemn
grave
snide
steamed
rotten
miffed
raging
incandescent
rabid
uncomfortable
wicked
pitiless
comfortless
narked
maddened
provocative
faultfinding
grumbly
storming
seeing red
spoiling for a fight
in a paddy
boiling
spare
roiled
infuriate
hopping
in a pet
have chip on shoulder
bristling
wretched
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
inflamed
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
hypersensitive
lugubrious
pointed
vehement
disrespectful
tempersome
quick to anger
unreasonable
unaccommodating
brief
brusk
ungenerous
grudging
jaundiced
sober
pessimistic
stressy
adversarial
sharp-tempered
spunky
acute
having short fuse
hot under collar
unindulgent
forceful
long-faced
uncontrollable
undiplomatic
Eeyorish
with a long face
off
offish
plaintive
murmuring
cavalier
malcontent
objectionable
hard-nosed
censorious
boisterous
naysaying
opinionated
flip
ardent
toey
brisk
disputative
huffy irascible
moaning
hard to please
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
negative
crying
deploring
lamenting
emotional
looking for trouble
have it in for
on the outs
at loggerheads
hawkish
bothered
affronted
flustered
warmongering
crass
militaristic
factious
distant
dicey
hazardous
unsafe
unpredictable
highly strung
perturbable
eristic
hurt
brassed off
disturbed
harassed
unamused
snuffy
scunnered
troubled
harried
ruffled
wrath
snitty
hassled
mighty
nagging
unlovable
evil
breviloquent
ungentlemanly
strict
ungallant
unbearable
unloveable
insufferable
irritating
jingoistic
unchivalrous
maleficent
black
baleful
malefic
psyched up
angerful
cold
convulsed
graceless
direct
vulgar
battling
dissentious
fighting
controversial
polemical
polemic
scolding
criticizing
US
boot-faced
ungentle
resolute
savage
fell
gray
US
stiff
sinister
stark
grey
UK
bleak
coarse
easily frightened
blue
dejected
wounded
neurotic
easily agitated
kittle
high-strung
mopy
broody
skittish
wired up
ignorant
antagonized
US
sabre-rattling
battleful
clodhopping
rustic
lowbred
unneighborly
ready for a fight
turbulent
bickering
ructious
war
arguesome
wrangling
hacked
very angry
rebellious
backbiting
vixenish
cattish
criticising
UK
bundle of nerves
in a rage
off the air
frantic
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
short-spoken
vex
hoha
pushy
matter-of-fact
to the point
overwrought
distraught
worried
anxious
stressed
fidgety
execrable
unfair
ruthless
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dirty
unsportsmanlike
dishonourable
UK
despiteful
dishonorable
US
despicable
detestable
low
low-minded
paltry
low-down
negativistic
wreck
rattled
wrought up
overstrung
twitchy
ill at ease
nervous
distressed
het up
having a chip on one's shoulder
self-assertive
ready to fight
itching to fight
passive-aggressive
spirited
intolerant
lively
manic
lawless
uneasy
scathing
barbed
withdrawn
depressed
sardonic
derogatory
derisory
mordant
trenchant
having a fit of the sulks
in a funk
in the sulks
in a strop
acidulous
corrosive
smart-mouthed
acidic
mordacious
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
scalding
pungent
satiric
satirical
sharp-worded
double-edged
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Adjective
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Having an impetuous or quick-tempered nature
hot-headed
hotheaded
fiery
irascible
impetuous
volatile
excitable
explosive
hasty
impatient
passionate
touchy
vehement
violent
headstrong
unruly
hot-tempered
quick-tempered
short-fused
easily provoked
emotional
petulant
sensitive
temperamental
hypersensitive
melodramatic
oversensitive
irritable
mean
ornery
froward
chippy
short-tempered
ticklish
easily upset
prima donna-ish
wilful
neurotic
overemotional
high-strung
highly strung
in bad mood
willful
thin-skinned
over-emotional
hot-blooded
choleric
mercurial
intense
tempestuous
easily offended
pettish
quarrelsome
snappy
querulous
fractious
incensed
stormy
unstable
peppery
dramatic
inflamed
infuriated
shaken
fuming
furious
angry
testy
frantic
raving
enraged
hottempered
reactive
steamed-up
all shook up
impassioned
combative
capricious
erratic
unpredictable
responsive
defensive
uptight
paranoid
conservative
nervous
twitchy
umbrageous
hyper-sensitive
hung up
easily affected
easily hurt
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