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111grumpy — adjective Matthau s grumpy old man was a tour de force Syn: bad tempered, crabby, ill tempered, short tempered, crotchety, tetchy, testy, waspish, prickly, touchy, irritable, irascible, crusty, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, bearish, surly, ill… …
112ill-tempered — adjective retirement didn t suit Uncle Luke, who soon became sullen and ill tempered Syn: bad tempered, short tempered, quick tempered, ill humored, moody; in a (bad) mood, cross, irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, crotchety, touchy,… …
113irritable — adjective being out of work made him irritable Syn: bad tempered, short tempered, irascible, tetchy, testy, touchy, grumpy, grouchy, moody, crotchety, in a (bad) mood, cantankerous, bilious, curmudgeonly, ill tempered, annoyed, cross, ill humored …
114peevish — adjective he was embarrassed by his mother s peevish disposition Syn: irritable, fractious, fretful, cross, petulant, querulous, pettish, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, sullen, grumpy, bad tempered, short tempered, touchy, testy,… …
115peppery — adjective 1) a peppery sauce Syn: spicy, spiced, peppered, hot, highly seasoned, piquant, pungent, sharp Ant: mild, bland 2) a peppery old man Syn …
116petulant — adjective he s as petulant as a spoiled child Syn: peevish, bad tempered, querulous, pettish, fretful, cross, irritable, sulky, snappish, crotchety, touchy, tetchy, testy, fractious, grumpy, disgruntled, crabby; informal grouchy, cranky …
117testy — adjective what s made you so testy today? Syn: irritable, tetchy, cranky, ornery, cantankerous, irascible, bad tempered, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, petulant, crabby, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill tempered, ill humored, peevish, cross …
118touchy — adjective 1) Arnie can be so touchy Syn: sensitive, oversensitive, hypersensitive, easily offended, thin skinned, high strung, tense; irritable, dyspeptic, tetchy, testy, crotchety, peevish, waspish, querulous, bad tempered …
119fractious — *irritable, peevish, snappish, waspish, petulant, pettish, huffy, fretful, querulous Analogous words: *unruly, refractory, recalcitrant, ungovernable, intractable, willful: perverse, Contrary, froward, restive, wayward Contrasted words:… …
120fretful — peevish, *irritable, petulant, querulous, fractious, snappish, waspish, pettish, huffy Analogous words: cross, cranky, touchy, choleric, *irascible: captious, carping, caviling, faultfinding, Critical: Contrary, perverse Contrasted words: patient …
