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What is another word for
plaintive
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Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic
Producing strong feelings and emotions
Disposed to complaining, especially in a petulant or whining manner
Having or arousing feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, typically in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way
Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
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Adjective
▲
Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic
sorrowful
mournful
doleful
woeful
anguished
heartbroken
rueful
sorry
dolorous
agonised
UK
agonized
US
grieving
wailing
dolesome
plangent
lamentable
funeral
bewailing
bemoaning
deploring
bitter
sad
weeping
melancholy
lugubrious
wretched
aching
unhappy
disconsolate
regretful
forlorn
desolate
woebegone
heartsick
melancholic
elegiac
nostalgic
grievous
wistful
lamenting
pitiful
piteous
pathetic
heartrending
grief-stricken
broken-hearted
out of sorts
heart-rending
miserable
gloomy
dismal
glum
distressed
blue
despairing
brokenhearted
depressed
dejected
despondent
downcast
downhearted
down
crestfallen
down in the mouth
down in the dumps
morose
somber
US
sombre
UK
inconsolable
tormented
suffering
heartsore
afflicted
sorrowing
tortured
painful
hangdog
low-spirited
heavy-hearted
in pain
cheerless
funereal
dark
dire
joyless
low
dreary
saddened
devastated
distressing
tearful
heavyhearted
droopy
bad
wounded
threnodic
dolent
bleeding
angst-ridden
cast down
sobbing
unfortunate
dreamy
distraught
racked
traumatized
US
traumatised
UK
hopeless
pensive
upset
mourning
teary
heavy
regrettable
anxious
harrowing
lachrymose
deplorable
weepy
harrowed
in distress
ruthful
afflictive
in anguish
heavy with grief
calamitous
cut up
tragic
racked with pain
racked with suffering
dispirited
mirthless
repining
bereft
comfortless
solemn
grim
pessimistic
moody
dull
spiritless
deeply saddened
deeply regretful
very regretful
bleak
depressing
dragged
hurting
full of sorrow
in mourning
dirge-like
in sorrow
dysphoric
crummy
depressive
sullen
destroyed
tristful
ripped
drear
let down
in a blue funk
taken down
cast-down
down and out
fed up
in the pits
in the toilet
torn up
bummed out
in the dumps
on a downer
low-down
dirgelike
cold
poignant
morbid
gray
US
black
chill
murky
tenebrific
sepulchral
grey
UK
darkening
plutonian
tenebrous
godforsaken
saturnine
lonesome
dreich
sunless
lonely
threnodial
cloudy
moving
Cimmerian
touching
discouraged
disheartened
in low spirits
disappointed
demoralized
US
abject
oppressed
dour
demoralised
UK
chap-fallen
long-faced
troubled
disheartening
in the doldrums
elegiacal
defeatist
saddening
heartbreaking
drab
pained
choked
chapfallen
sick as a parrot
grave
cheesed off
brassed off
dingy
downbeat
crushed
mopey
in despair
weighed down
grieved
down-hearted
dispiriting
austere
gruesome
weary
uncomfortable
stark
ghastly
hurt
dejecting
macabre
grisly
all torn up
desperate
shot down
lurid
dismayed
pitiable
shocking
horrific
frightful
helpless
horrifying
sunk
terrifying
discouraging
appalling
oppressive
fearsome
humorless
US
humourless
UK
sober
sunk in gloom
monstrous
terrible
sulky
crabbed
sick
emotional
bereaved
singing the blues
down-and-out
dreadful
frightening
unearthly
horrid
horrible
resigned
drearisome
uninviting
horrendous
eerie
negative
daunted
grumpy
unwelcoming
sour
sedate
serious
grotesque
ghostly
gory
nightmarish
brooding
dim
inhospitable
bare
surly
bland
gutted
clinical
pitiless
grewsome
shadowy
terrific
nightmare
Eeyorish
draggy
impersonal
moping
spookish
weird
scary
shady
atrocious
spooky
chilling
sickening
wintry
US
jarring
wintery
UK
institutional
long-suffering
unhealthy
sick at heart
displeased
sorry for yourself
ugly
death-obsessed
low in spirits
poor
perturbed
forbidding
stern
hideous
disillusioned
severe
churlish
abashed
traumatic
distressful
upsetting
sheepish
shamefaced
gruff
discontented
sapped
unsmiling
doomed
fierce
cynical
defeated
steely
unfriendly
disappointing
enervated
flinty
unmitigable
flat
listless
dirgeful
unconsolable
agonizing
US
discomposing
in tears
in grief
in doldrums
damp
intimidating
ungentle
adust
subdued
revolting
agonising
UK
louring
mopish
down-in-the-mouth
lowering
broody
harsh
loathsome
repulsive
repugnant
rough
tear-jerking
uncommunicative
heart-wrenching
frowning
shattered
awful
offensive
rugged
bummed-out
without hope
stony
bowed down
disapproving
up the creek
unsympathetic
hard
very sad
let-down
not happy
stringent
hard-faced
God-awful
mean-looking
poker-faced
worried
shaken
aggrieved
bothered
disgruntled
undermined
disturbed
concerned
worthless
unsatisfied
discontent
deathly
Stygian
obscure
hollow
deflated
burnt
discombobulated
uptight
bugged
sore
shook
antsy
burned
contused
disenchanted
angry
annoyed
cross
sorrow-ridden
languishing
feel-bad
griefstricken
demoralizing
US
difficult
demoralising
UK
affecting
taciturn
depressant
heart-sick
shook up
luckless
destitute
lowered
bowed
hurtful
excruciating
troublesome
crushing
emo
mopy
dashed
lorn
suicidal
ashamed
atrabilious
clouded
dampened
drooping
sagging
strained
off
sluggish
bummed
hapless
powerless
downtrodden
torn-up
ailing
prostrate with grief
unpleasant
vexatious
browbeaten
cowed
unable to be comforted
unable to be consoled
extremely saddened
beside oneself with grief
taken aback
intimidated
in a funk
cowering
guilty
humiliated
wallowing
feeling down
full of gloom
blue funk
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
derisible
mortifying
conscience-stricken
guilty-looking
at end of one's rope
at the end of your tether
with a long face
ticked off
teed off
browned off
peed off
nowhere to go
earnest
po-faced
unhumorous
no-nonsense
staid
serious-minded
sobersided
given to looking on the black side
self-pitying
more ❯
“The songbirds had returned, but their calls sounded ever so
plaintive
and piteous.”
Adjective
▲
Producing strong feelings and emotions
affecting
poignant
moving
touching
sad
heartbreaking
stirring
distressing
pathetic
pitiful
upsetting
harrowing
emotional
disturbing
tragic
piteous
emotive
impressive
pitiable
painful
powerful
saddening
heartrending
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
impactful
haunting
uplifting
telling
affective
heartwarming
heart-rending
tear-jerking
soul-stirring
heart-warming
emotionally moving
arousing affect
gut-wrenching
distressful
mournful
woeful
dismal
melancholy
miserable
wretched
sentimental
sorry
sorrowful
lamentable
grievous
tearful
deplorable
doleful
forlorn
rueful
evocative
expressive
tender
unfortunate
nostalgic
bitter
depressing
wistful
traumatic
poor
cheerless
excruciating
abject
joyless
to be pitied
warming
stunning
heart-melting
regrettable
desolate
dire
soppy
mawkish
ruthful
dreary
dolorous
perturbing
unlucky
beseeching
ruined
imploring
commiserable
entreating
passionate
tragical
intense
calamitous
agitating
afflictive
disappointing
drear
desolating
comfortless
afflicted
commiserative
teary
heart-wrenching
lachrymose
mortifying
disquieting
uncanny
weird
unearthly
spooky
eery
eerie
creepy
unforgettable
indelible
memorable
spookish
atmospheric
ongoing
obsessive
persistent
nagging
lingering
repeated
recurrent
recurring
lasting
never to be forgotten
not to be forgotten
dreadful
grim
unhappy
gloomy
awful
sombre
UK
somber
US
terrible
bleak
appalling
tormenting
solemn
hurtful
hopeless
shocking
funereal
dispiriting
morose
disheartening
afflicting
unpleasant
dark
worrying
bad
glum
depressive
torturous
discouraging
harsh
melancholic
troublesome
cruel
galling
drab
uncomfortable
troubling
disconsolate
sullen
stressful
discomforting
rotten
vexatious
nasty
difficult
distressed
disastrous
uninviting
horrific
lugubrious
unnerving
unwelcome
unbearable
horrifying
severe
black
unfavourable
UK
disagreeable
displeasing
dejecting
oppressive
frightful
alarming
depressed
disconcerting
cold
unfavorable
US
godforsaken
horrible
unsettling
irksome
grave
sepulchral
horrid
execrable
lonesome
elegiacal
ghastly
dejected
lousy
woebegone
despondent
heart-breaking
nerve-racking
frightening
morbid
worrisome
discomposing
daunting
blue
saturnine
plutonian
tenebrous
tenebrific
dreich
lonely
sunless
elegiac
inauspicious
objectionable
Cimmerian
sober
atrocious
austere
sorrowing
abysmal
intolerable
loathsome
humourless
UK
humorless
US
detestable
dingy
anguished
spiritless
sour
offensive
crestfallen
shameful
gray
US
chill
murky
darkening
grey
UK
catastrophic
unendurable
egregious
hard
insufferable
mourning
tough
cloudy
macabre
horrendous
vexing
cast down
down-and-out
forbidding
dramatic
mean
heavy
despairing
undesirable
mirthless
dispirited
dull
distasteful
troublous
unacceptable
inferior
trying
abominable
unpalatable
diabolical
nightmarish
foul
drearisome
abhorrent
uncongenial
unpleasing
crummy
unwelcoming
nerve-wracking
dour
dim
inhospitable
bare
stark
very bad
bland
clinical
off-putting
draggy
mopey
impersonal
inopportune
cataclysmic
ruinous
wintry
US
jarring
wintery
UK
institutional
in the dumps
adverse
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
crushing
dismaying
fierce
fatal
impassioned
devastating
dolesome
unpropitious
desperate
destructive
dirty
reprehensible
saccharine
sugary
syrupy
over-sentimental
disgraceful
cataclysmal
searing
squalid
inexcusable
tearing
harmful
hapless
chilling
mushy
cornball
weepy
gooey
schmaltzy
cutesy
drippy
sappy
downcast
unkind
damning
hellish
ill-fated
ignominious
fateful
downhearted
heartbroken
taxing
deadly
unsatisfactory
scurvy
unpromising
hostile
crippling
gruesome
fraught
lovey-dovey
unsavory
US
hurting
scandalous
nail-biting
shattering
indigent
scungy
impoverished
inconsolable
contemptible
hairy
helpless
annoying
brokenhearted
icky
odious
repugnant
yukky
yucky
sedate
hellacious
monstrous
stinking
sickening
three-hanky
cruddy
disgusting
unsavoury
UK
unlovely
godawful
God-awful
concerning
provoking
broken-hearted
grief-stricken
heartsickening
sucky
untimely
untoward
parlous
frustrating
foreboding
luckless
lamenting
derisible
plangent
pensive
sinister
unadvantageous
disadvantageous
injurious
terrifying
detrimental
sordid
misfortunate
unamusing
aggravating
inimical
blameworthy
fearful
wrong
ill-starred
regretful
exacting
ill-advised
infelicitous
catastrophal
revolting
dangerous
too bad
unforgiving
unforgivable
demoralized
US
repellent
repulsive
irritating
vile
terribly bad
oppressed
damaging
hideous
lurid
nauseating
obnoxious
grisly
gross
senseless
outrageous
inglorious
preposterous
upset
pained
downbeat
disheartened
pain-filled
repellant
uncool
grotty
grody
unappealing
awkward
ugly
nauseous
trashy
shoddy
filthy
ridiculous
unpardonable
unconscionable
indefensible
unspeakable
beastly
resigned
weary
negative
doomed
destitute
derisory
iniquitous
insupportable
discreditable
heinous
unmitigable
sunk
inspiring
extreme
serious
acute
extremely bad
unjustifiable
racking
meagre
UK
meager
US
ruthless
savage
violent
exciting
arousing
poverty-stricken
piercing
demoralised
UK
god-awful
criminal
opprobrious
beyond contempt
murderous
onerous
unrelenting
burdensome
relentless
wicked
stiff
rough
brutal
hardhanded
merciless
inhuman
rugged
ferocious
impelling
in pain
in despair
up the creek
long-suffering
without hope
substandard
grubby
cheap
scummy
lame
inadequate
sneaking
despicable
ratty
scabby
paltry
tortuous
sore
remorseless
great
torturing
wrenching
meaningful
striking
raging
intemperate
rigorous
inclement
exquisite
chronic
cloying
gripping
breathless
significant
rousing
sententious
thrilling
down
vehement
killing
worthless
suffering
overwhelming
grieving
struggling
hard-hearted
hokey
devastated
saddened
droopy
heavyhearted
heartsick
hangdog
heartsore
choked
direful
low
gutted
bummed
powerless
downtrodden
devastative
down in the mouth
long-faced
down in the dumps
low-spirited
cut up
in the pits
chap-fallen
annihilatory
blighting
pernicious
messy
earth-shattering
confronting
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Disposed to complaining, especially in a petulant or whining manner
querulous
complaining
petulant
testy
waspish
cantankerous
cross
fretful
irritable
tetchy
touchy
crabby
discontented
grouchy
grumbling
pettish
prickly
carping
crabbed
critical
crotchety
crusty
dissatisfied
edgy
fractious
grumpy
peevish
peppery
sour
whining
bitter
curmudgeonly
disagreeable
impatient
miserable
moody
morose
murmuring
censorious
chippy
cranky
huffy
irascible
ratty
scratchy
sullen
bilious
captious
choleric
churlish
dyspeptic
liverish
snappish
snappy
splenetic
sulky
surly
whingeing
eggy
fussy
narky
whingy
miffy
peckish
snaky
sorehead
soreheaded
bearish
bemoaning
crying
deploring
difficult
grousing
grumbly
lamenting
moaning
negative
salty
scrappy
uptight
wailing
waspy
whimpering
whiny
bad-tempered
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
ill-natured
ill-tempered
fault-finding
on edge
thin-skinned
hard to please
in a bad mood
out of sorts
out of temper
huffy irascible
like a bear with a sore head
fiery
quick-tempered
short-tempered
perverse
angry
ornery
hot-tempered
stroppy
shirty
snippy
snarky
snippety
stuffy
mean
raspy
quarrelsome
gruff
spiteful
unfriendly
waxy
resentful
acrimonious
tense
glum
passionate
pouty
pouting
oversensitive
contentious
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
curt
mardy
brusque
volatile
out of humor
temperamental
bellicose
disgruntled
ungracious
sensitive
hotheaded
acid
unpleasant
argumentative
out of humour
disputatious
short-fused
unsociable
rude
contrary
ugly
truculent
mopey
on a short fuse
as cross as two sticks
shrewish
malicious
gloomy
tempestuous
embittered
vindictive
dour
acrid
in a mood
moping
displeased
cynical
obstinate
hostile
malignant
feisty
nasty
blunt
uncivil
tart
violent
belligerent
sharp
easily offended
antagonistic
trying
mumpish
rancorous
vicious
vitriolic
brooding
hot-blooded
bloody-minded
cross-grained
having got out of bed the wrong side
upset
discourteous
abrupt
confrontational
pugnacious
huffish
impolite
hypersensitive
piqued
annoyed
unhelpful
scowling
ireful
unhappy
harsh
pertinacious
tooshie
excitable
snarling
indignant
short
glowering
sore
tough
furious
awkward
venomous
cussed
sourpussed
highly strung
frowning
sulking
joyless
hateful
impassioned
hot under the collar
having got out of bed on the wrong side
irritated
combative
vexed
melodramatic
emotional
malevolent
humourless
UK
humorless
US
bristly
peeved
boorish
terse
mercurial
intense
agitated
refractory
unsmiling
disobliging
foul
incensed
stormy
ticklish
faultfinding
bad
uncongenial
misanthropic
wild
put out
opinionated
unreasonable
crybaby
wrathful
catty
dramatic
jumpy
militant
froward
impetuous
hot-headed
iracund
iracundulous
worked up
malign
aggressive
shaken
frantic
infuriated
fuming
raving
inflamed
enraged
hottempered
uncomfortable
atrabilious
heated
snarly
exasperated
arsey
hasty
vinegary
abusive
growling
saturnine
griping
fretting
childish
chuffy
unruly
ill-mannered
uncooperative
obstreperous
filthy
steamed-up
mean-spirited
unresponsive
uncommunicative
unmannerly
foul-tempered
all shook up
nasty-tempered
bristling
antisocial
vengeful
hysterical
sharp-tongued
antipathetic
icy
out-of-sorts
virulent
vehement
disapproving
uncharitable
inhospitable
inconsiderate
unsympathetic
malcontent
grudging
stressy
unindulgent
bellyaching
owly
beefing
objectionable
wicked
jaundiced
sarcastic
zowerswopped
ungenerous
spunky
acerbic
acute
hypercritical
unkind
perversely irritable
choked
narked
viperous
restless
toey
bad-humored
perturbable
having short fuse
hot under collar
like a bear
got up on wrong side of bed
envenomed
sharp-tempered
evil-minded
irate
irked
galled
wound up
wired up
bundle of nerves
livid
apoplectic
mad
riled
mopish
steamed
overwrought
distraught
worried
anxious
stressed
fidgety
steamed up
crook
vex
ropeable
distressed
hoha
wroth
wreck
rattled
overstrung
twitchy
nervous
aerated
oppugnant
dark
aloof
wrought up
ill at ease
withdrawn
depressed
cheerless
litigious
het up
cruel
ticked off
teed off
unlikable
disputative
not best pleased
hopping mad
bent out of shape
provocative
naysaying
up in arms
on the warpath
foaming at the mouth
hacked off
in a lather
factious
warring
gladiatorial
defiant
agonistic
in a huff
down in the mouth
having a fit of the sulks
in a funk
in the sulks
fed up
in a strop
inflammable
spirited
inimical
intolerant
lively
manic
lawless
uneasy
in a paddy
threatening
discordant
in a bate
fit to be tied
battling
dissentious
brawly
assaultive
warlike
fighting
controversial
polemical
polemic
bickering
ructious
arguesome
wrangling
turbulent
offensive
war
brawling
ready for a fight
have chip on shoulder
stubborn
recalcitrant
willful
wilful
intractable
headstrong
obdurate
mulish
intransigent
pigheaded
unmanageable
hardheaded
troublesome
steadfast
contrarious
indomitable
opinionative
unpredictable
fiendish
stiff-necked
strong-minded
single-minded
set in one's ways
hard-nosed
hard to handle
bull-headed
pig-headed
wrong-headed
fierce
poisonous
severe
aggrieved
rough
stern
aggravated
bolshie
louring
provoked
hot
in a temper
cheesed off
forbidding
loudmouthed
hard
ferocious
taciturn
grim
miffed
menacing
obnoxious
outraged
angered
aggers
biffo
spoiling for a fight
easily upset
frenzied
in high dudgeon
have a bone to pick
ranting
browned off
peed off
cutting
caustic
biting
destructive
acerb
abrasive
flinty
steely
uninviting
crude
serious
unapproachable
formidable
callous
offended
rankled
ballistic
sombre
UK
stony
somber
US
rotten
snuffy
unfeeling
galling
nettled
ticked
seething
brutal
intimidating
austere
lowering
solemn
grave
impulsive
insensitive
wretched
hurtful
snide
vile
agitable
raging
incandescent
rabid
pitiless
comfortless
maddened
base
storming
seeing red
boiling
flip
spare
roiled
infuriate
hopping
in a pet
wounding
strident
steaming
evil-intentioned
beside oneself
frustrated
with all guns blazing
annoying
looking for trouble
in a fume
going crook
horn-mad
have it in for
in a frenzy
ardent
contemptible
blue in the face
riley
mean-looking
on the outs
hate-filled
enflamed
foaming
at loggerheads
beside yourself with rage
contumacious
vinegarish
scornful
apt to fly off the handle
sober
pessimistic
quick to anger
unaccommodating
Eeyorish
with a long face
tempersome
unceremonious
disappointed
forceful
long-faced
uncontrollable
smileless
discontent
disaffected
balky
bluff
ungratified
malcontented
obstructive
disrespectful
offhand
kvetching
bothered
affronted
flustered
boisterous
off
no-nonsense
offish
rebellious
having a chip on one's shoulder
pushy
self-assertive
ready to fight
itching to fight
crabbing
uncontent
kicking
hurt
brassed off
disturbed
harassed
unamused
scunnered
troubled
harried
ruffled
wrath
snitty
hassled
bad tempered
out of joint
unlovable
thrawn
dejected
broody
unbearable
unloveable
insufferable
irritating
easily frightened
blue
wounded
neurotic
easily agitated
kittle
high-strung
mopy
skittish
hawkish
antagonized
US
nagging
evil
warmongering
militaristic
hacked
very angry
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
maleficent
baleful
scolding
criticizing
US
crass
jingoistic
black
malefic
execrable
unfair
ruthless
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dirty
unsportsmanlike
dishonourable
UK
despiteful
dishonorable
US
despicable
detestable
low
low-minded
paltry
low-down
adversarial
sabre-rattling
battleful
ungentlemanly
backbiting
vixenish
cattish
criticising
UK
ungallant
unchivalrous
vulgar
coarse
ignorant
clodhopping
bad-mannered
rustic
lowbred
unneighborly
psyched up
angerful
cold
convulsed
mighty
negativistic
passive-aggressive
distant
strict
ungentle
savage
fell
stiff
sinister
stark
boot-faced
resolute
gray
US
grey
UK
bleak
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▲
Having or arousing feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, typically in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way
sentimental
soppy
mushy
mawkish
corny
sloppy
schmaltzy
cloying
drippy
maudlin
saccharine
slushy
sugary
sappy
gooey
soupy
cheesy
novelettish
emotional
cutesy
syrupy
sickly
sugarcoated
weepy
spooney
spoony
fruity
sticky
icky
twee
romantic
treacly
cornball
overemotional
wet
touching
gushing
hokey
sloshy
effusive
gushy
tearful
nostalgic
lachrymose
soapy
sweet
jejune
pathetic
moving
inane
demonstrative
poignant
tender
dreamy
simpering
affected
idealistic
overacted
impressionable
passionate
softhearted
tragic
insipid
vapid
languishing
moonstruck
depressing
melancholy
sad
silly
dismal
rosewater
visionary
lovey-dovey
over-sentimental
tear-jerking
sick-making
chocolate-box
toe-curling
heart-rending
hearts-and-flowers
sugar-coated
dewy-eyed
three-hanky
Mills-and-Boon
soft-hearted
three-hankie
bathetic
nauseating
sickening
trite
sobby
banal
sickly-sweet
oversentimental
oversweet
honeyed
soft
tacky
sickly sweet
affectionate
cute
kitschy
impassioned
unreserved
loving
enthusiastic
melodramatic
unrestrained
teary
rhapsodic
OTT
lyrical
stirring
affecting
over the top
emotive
self-pitying
heart-warming
romanticized
US
fatuous
romanticised
UK
fulsome
heartbreaking
soul-stirring
haunting
dramatic
hacky
unctuous
excessive
adulatory
harrowing
oleaginous
extravagant
hagiographical
hagiographic
bromidic
lavish
oily
impactful
poetic
exuberant
kitsch
cornpone
schlocky
choking
campy
expansive
ingratiating
candied
ebullient
feeble
misty-eyed
goo-goo
expressive
dime-store
over-effusive
hyped up
corn-fed
over-emotional
warmed-over
over-enthusiastic
laid on with a trowel
pretty
over-the-top
cloyingly sweet
too much
histrionic
precious
namby-pamby
blubbery
voluble
powerful
uplifting
impressive
overdone
uninhibited
ecstatic
overenthusiastic
rapturous
inspired
euphoric
sensitive
touchy-feely
carried away
deeply felt
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▲
Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
dissatisfied
discontented
disgruntled
displeased
irritated
annoyed
disappointed
exasperated
irked
unhappy
vexed
malcontent
resentful
aggrieved
angry
discontent
unsatisfied
frustrated
disaffected
bothered
ungratified
complaining
malcontented
sullen
crabby
grumpy
restless
unfulfilled
griping
grumbling
jaundiced
kvetching
disquieted
fretful
sulky
restive
envious
unsated
querulous
critical
picky
angered
disapproving
regretful
begrudging
ennuied
faultfinding
fretting
grudging
insatiable
jealous
offended
snivelling
UK
sniveling
US
unappeased
unassuaged
fed up
cheesed off
browned off
brassed off
out of joint
fed-up
not satisfied
put-out
not best pleased
peeved
piqued
upset
miffed
put out
cross
sore
riled
narked
indignant
aggravated
disturbed
irate
huffy
distressed
nettled
testy
hurt
eggy
disheartened
discouraged
perturbed
teed off
hacked off
choleric
embittered
miserable
disillusioned
incensed
furious
mad
enraged
ticked off
depressed
peed off
in a huff
sour
irritable
grouchy
inflamed
petulant
bitter
provoked
in high dudgeon
peevish
chagrined
afflicted
acrimonious
tooshie
churlish
steamed
crabbed
miffy
infuriated
ill-humored
US
wrathful
fuming
disenchanted
saddened
ireful
ill-humoured
UK
choked
cranky
shirty
cynical
troubled
surly
affronted
glum
grousing
let down
hot under the collar
in a temper
agitated
flustered
sick
wounded
harried
impatient
rancorous
harassed
galled
snuffy
wroth
crestfallen
blasé
touchy
cantankerous
irascible
fractious
bellyaching
carping
prickly
ratty
hoha
ruffled
spiteful
pettish
tetchy
waspish
morose
snappy
disagreeable
splenetic
pained
chippy
crotchety
peppery
crusty
snappish
curmudgeonly
sick and tired
acrid
down
narky
edgy
soreheaded
liverish
fussy
snaky
ill-disposed
bearish
fault-finding
out of temper
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
ill-natured
hot-tempered
in a bad mood
like a bear with a sore head
bored
livid
downcast
outraged
rankled
despondent
downhearted
apoplectic
ballistic
weary
ticked
rabid
jaded
roiled
disconsolate
disconcerted
indifferent
foaming
hot
enflamed
infuriate
steaming
riley
dismayed
dispirited
discomfited
wearied
disgusted
hopping
moaning
tired
vex
forlorn
dejected
melancholy
sad
maddened
hopeless
aghast
beaten
gutted
cheerless
blue
scunnered
moody
unpleased
whining
worried
worsted
vanquished
chapfallen
cast down
baulked
UK
objecting
dolorous
balked
US
huffish
tormented
bilious
dyspeptic
whingy
uptight
fiery
scratchy
captious
hateful
cut up
hard
whingeing
fretted
peckish
difficult
whiny
sorehead
perverse
ornery
truculent
low-spirited
taken down
shot down
waspy
with a chip on your shoulder
snarky
stroppy
steamed up
horn-mad
gloomy
hard done by
snippy
snippety
waxy
stuffy
down in the dumps
thin-skinned
on edge
sick as a parrot
having got out of bed on the wrong side
short-tempered
out of sorts
as cross as two sticks
quick-tempered
on a short fuse
raspy
short-fused
unforgiving
revengeful
defeated
insulted
factious
dissentious
butthurt
vitriolic
nitpicking
anguished
woeful
vehement
irreconcilable
grieving
disapproving of
owly
beefing
boiling
satiated
estranged
carrying a chip on your shoulder
up the wall
hung up
sick to death
surfeited
with chip on shoulder
grudge-bearing
fed up to the teeth
heated
sated
dismal
fed up to the back teeth
bugged
p.o.'d
scornful
belly-aching
undeceived
hopping mad
apathetic
going crook
up to here
bent out of shape
up in arms
seeing red
off the air
in a pet
burned up
in a fume
fit to be tied
blue in the face
soured
disabused
disenthralled
disentranced
knowing
stung
grieved
annoying
tense
wrath
out of love
set straight
sick of
temperamental
sensitive
feisty
bristly
curt
unsociable
argumentative
gruff
volatile
crabbing
uncontent
kicking
shrewish
brusque
misanthropic
hotheaded
pouty
oversensitive
obstinate
quarrelsome
contentious
harsh
pertinacious
uncooperative
snarling
contrary
hypercritical
crybaby
ungracious
iracund
tough
brooding
iracundulous
pouting
disputatious
mean
foaming at the mouth
trying
dour
mardy
nasty-tempered
out of humour
acid
out of humor
mumpish
growling
tart
sharp
nasty
caviling
US
in a mood
saturnine
passionate
blunt
cussed
cross-grained
awkward
malicious
venomous
vinegary
short
childish
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
cavilling
UK
hasty
malignant
hot-blooded
vindictive
ugly
filthy
having got out of bed the wrong side
obstreperous
chuffy
easily offended
out of countenance
bad tempered
bored by
surfeited by
weary of
distressed by
glutted by
surfeited with
jaded with
jaded by
satiated by
glutted with
murmuring
censorious
have had enough
have had a basinful of
have had it up to here with
have had something up to here
grumbly
salty
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
negative
crying
deploring
scrappy
lamenting
hard to please
huffy irascible
crook
ropeable
injured
in a lather
on the warpath
seething
aerated
worked up
beside oneself
in a frenzy
slighted
dark
unfriendly
antagonized
US
chafed
wild
antagonised
UK
jumpy
wound up
anxious
reproachful
aflutter
dithery
discomposed
needled
rattled
unsettled
atwitter
hostile
glowering
louring
hassled
discombobulated
threatening
confused
beset
antagonistic
inconvenienced
raging
incandescent
raving
scowling
frenzied
dirty
unglued
pestered
ranting
uneasy
gnashing one's teeth
exacerbated
mortified
harrowed
evil-intentioned
hate-filled
storming
spare
jittery
unquiet
insecure
nervous
antsy
queasy
queazy
nervy
at daggers drawn
troublous
in a paddy
with all guns blazing
in a bate
beside yourself with rage
unimpressed
disrespected
goaded
undermined
wry
defiant
dishonored
US
humiliated
forbidding
snitty
grim
unamused
severe
umbrageous
dishonoured
UK
cut to the quick
cray-cray
snubbed
abrupt
hacked
very angry
rousted
roused
mildly annoyed
unconvinced
dogged
scandalized
US
buffaloed
frowning
frantic
shocked
scandalised
UK
unmet
failed
humourless
UK
terse
unpleasant
humorless
US
bellicose
rude
inhospitable
boorish
unsmiling
uncivil
mopey
discourteous
unsatisfiable
menacing
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
impetuous
moping
unindulgent
impolite
unhelpful
having short fuse
hot under collar
ill-mannered
belligerent
aggressive
malevolent
evil
wicked
maleficent
baleful
malign
poisonous
malefic
fierce
black
apprehensive
hinky
concerned
goosey
afraid
asea
shaken
overwrought
tortured
distraught
frightened
scared
terrified
het up
alarmed
fearful
plagued
ill at ease
in a tizzy
worried stiff
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