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  • 101snappish — a. Touchy, testy, crabbed, cross, crusty, irascible, waspish, petulant, perverse, froward, pettish, snarling, growling, peevish, captious, churlish, splenetic, censorious, acrimonious, ill tempered, surly, tart …

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  • 102splenetic — a. 1. Irascible, irritable, fretful, peevish, touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, petulant, choleric, snappish, cross. 2. Morose, sullen, sulky, churlish, sour, crabbed. 3. Melancholy, despondent, moping, gloomy, melancholic, hypochondriacal,… …

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  • 103surly — a. 1. Morose, cross, crabbed, testy, touchy, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, perverse, pettish, snappish, waspish, snarling, froward, uncivil, rude, rough, harsh, ill tempered, ill natured, sour, gruff, churlish, ungracious. 2. Rough, sullen …

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  • 104testy — a. Peevish, petulant, fretful, pettish, touchy, cross, waspish, snappish, choleric, splenetic, irascible, irritable, captious, hasty, quick, peppery …

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  • 105waspish — a. 1. Irritable, irascible, petulant, snappish, pettish, snarly, peevish, captious, testy, fretful, splenetic, touchy, choleric. 2. Slender, small waisted, slim …

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  • 106cross — I. n. 1. Gibbet (made of pieces of wood placed transversely). 2. [With The prefixed.] Gospel, Christian doctrine, Christian religion, Christianity, Christendom. 3. Trial, vexation, trouble, affliction, misfortune. 4. Intermixture (of species). II …

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  • 107sour — I. a. 1. Acid, tart, pricked, sharp, acetous, acetose. 2. Cross, crabbed, morose, acrimonious, currish, surly, testy, touchy, cantankerous, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, snappish, waspish, snarling, cynical, froward, uncivil, rude …

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  • 108crabby — adjective sorry, I didn t mean to be so crabby Syn: irritable, cantankerous, irascible, bad tempered, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, tetchy, testy, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill tempered, ill humored, peevish, cross, fractious, pettish, crabbed …

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  • 109crotchety — adjective it s the dreadful arthritis that has made him so crotchety Syn: bad tempered, irascible, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, cantankerous, short tempered, tetchy, testy, curmudgeonly, ill tempered, ill humored, ill natured, cross grained,… …

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  • 110crusty — adjective 1) crusty French bread Syn: crisp, crispy, well baked; crumbly, brittle, friable Ant: soft, soggy 2) a crusty old man Syn: irritable …

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