What is another word for bad tempered?

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uncontent, disgruntled, ungratified, Malcontented, grousing, kvetching, abbreviated, aberrant, abrasive, abrupt, acerb, acerbic, acetify, acetose, acetous, acidic, acidify, acidity, acidulate, acidulent, acidulous, activist, acuate, acute, acutely, adamant, adamantine, address, adjoin, adverse, advert, affect, agonistic, agonistical, aim, airless, alert, allergic, allude, anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, annoying, antipathetic, antipathetical, approximate, approximative, arch, ardent, arduous, aroused, astute, at odds, atrocious, authoritarian, average, awful, backbreaking, bad, badmouth, baffle, baffling, barbarian, barbaric, barbed, barbellate, base, bastardly, battleful, battler, bawd, bear on, bear upon, beast, beastly, beggarly, begrime, bellyacher, bemire, benumb, bestial, big, bilious, bilk, biting, bitter, bizarre, black, blast, blistering, bloody-minded, blue, blustery, boisterous, bolt down, boot, boring, bother, bothersome, bounderish, bowelless, bowl over, brainish, briary, bribe, briery, bring out, brisk, bristled, bristly, broken, browned off, brusk, brute, brutish, bullet-headed, bullheaded, bully, bumpy, bunglesome, burred, burry, buy, calculate, calloused, candid, case, catchy, cattie, cauterise, cauterize, chanceful, chancy, channelise, channelize, character, cheating, cheesed off, chicken, churning, clayey, clear-cut, cloggy, close, cloud, clumsy, coarse, cocotte, cold, cold-blooded, colly, combatant, come to, competitive, complainer, complaintive, concentrated, concern, condemnable, conduct, conflicting, confounding, confused, consecutive, consume, contact, contaminating, contrarious, corrosive, corrupted, counter, cover, crafty, crank, criminal, crimson, crisp, crisscross, crooked, crossbreed, crossbreeding, crossing, crown of thorns, crucify, crude, cruel, crusted, crustlike, cumbersome, cunning, curious, cut across, cut down, cut through, cutaneous senses, cutthroat, cyprian, damp, dampen, dapper, dark, dashing, daunting, deaden, deadening, deadly, debase, debauch, debauched, decayed, decisive, defeated, defile, degraded, demolish, demon, demoralise, demoralize, dense, deplorable, deprave, depressed, depressing, derangement, derelict, deteriorate, deviate, devolve, devour, dictatorial, dim, dingy, dire, directly, direful, disaffected, discomfit, discomfited, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disconsolate, discontentedness, discontentment, discourteous, discriminating, disdainful, disgraceful, disgustful, disgusting, dishonest, dishonourable, disoblige, disorder, disordered, dispirited, disputative, disquieted, disruptive, dissipated, dissolute, distasteful, distinct, distressed, disturb, disturbance, disturbed, divisive, dodgy, dose, dot, douse, down feather, down in the mouth, down pat, downcast, downhearted, downward, downwardly, downwards, drab, drag through the mud, dread, dreaded, dreadful, drear, dreary, drink down, drop, dumb, dyspeptic, eccentric person, elusive, embarrassing, enceinte, encrusted, endanger, engineer, entail, equal, erosive, erratic, error-prone, evilness, excessive, expectant, explosive, expose, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, extend, extend to, factious, fag, false, fancy woman, fast, fast-growing, faultfinding, fearful, fearsome, feeling, feisty, fell, feral, ferment, fervent, fervid, fickle, fidgety, fiend, fighter, filthy, fine-tune, finespun, firmly, flake, flakey, flaky, flaming, flat, fleshy, flint, flinty, foil, foiled, forbidding, forthright, foul, foxy, fragile, frail, frank, freakish, freaky, free-spoken, frightful, frosty, froward, frustrate, frustrated, full-strength, funny, furious, furnace lining, furrowed, fussy, galling, geek, get across, get over, ghost, gloomful, glooming, go through, goon, granitic, grating, grave, gravelly, gravid, great, grievous, grim, grime, growl, grueling, gruelling, grumble, grumbler, guide, guileful, harassed, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hard-hitting, hardheaded, hardly, harlot, harried, haughty, have in mind, head, headlong, heavily, heterosexual, heterosexual person, high-risk, high-strung, highly strung, hint, ho-hum, hoarse, hold out, homophile, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, horrendous, horrible, horrific, horrifying, hot-tempered, huffish, husky, hybrid, hybridisation, hybridise, hybridization, hybridize, hybridizing, hypersensitised, hypersensitized, icky, igneous, ignominious, ill at ease, ill-affected, ill-bred, ill-chosen, ill-famed, ill-gotten, ill-humoured, ill-mannered, immorality, impact, impenetrable, imperious, impetuous, impish, implike, imply, impromptu, impulsive, inapt, incisive, incommode, incompatible, inconvenience, indifferent, indocile, indurate, inept, inexorable, infantile, inglorious, inimical, iniquity, inordinate, insalubrious, insecure, insensate, intemperate, intemperately, intend, interbreed, interbreeding, intersect, intimidation, irregular, irritating, issue, itchy, jaunty, jittery, jolting, jolty, jot, juvenile delinquent, keen, kick, knifelike, knock over, knockout, knotty, labored, laborious, laboured, laconic, lady of pleasure, land, large, lead, leaden, left, left over, leftover, legal brief, lemonlike, lemony, libertine, lienal, lineal, lively, livery, loathly, loathsome, lordly, low, low-spirited, lowbred, lowering, lumbering, mad, madcap, malefic, maneuver, manoeuvre, mark, marked-up, mastered, mastermind, match, mean value, meanspirited, medium, meet, melancholy, merry, miffed, mingy, misanthropical, mischievous, misdirect, miserly, mite, moaner, monster, muddied, muddy, muffle, muffled, mum, murmur, murmuring, mute, muted, mutter, muttering, mutually exclusive, nance, natty, natural, nauseating, nauseous, neat, needlelike, neglectful, nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, nervy, nettled, nettlesome, neutral, nipping, nippy, noisome, noncompliant, nonconcentric, notorious, numb, obtuse, oddball, off, off-key, offensive, offhanded, offhandedly, opposite, orchestrate, organise, organize, outlandish, outre, outspoken, overdue, overhasty, overstrung, overthrow, overturn, overturned, overweight, pachydermatous, pall, pane, pansy, parlous, partake, pass over, peckish, peculiar, penetrating, penetrative, perfervid, peril, perilous, persistent, pertain, perturbation, pervert, perverted, pestered, pestering, pestiferous, piercing, pile, pillory, pinch, pissed off, pixilated, place, plaguey, plaguy, plainspoken, point, point-blank, poisonous, polish, ponderous, poof, poove, pop, pouf, pour down, practical, pragmatic, prankish, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, prideful, primitive, problematic, problematical, profane, profligate, profound, publish, puckish, pull down, pungent, punic, punishing, punk, push down, put under, queasy, queen, raffish, raging, rakish, rambunctious, rancid, raring, rasping, raspy, rattling, raw, reach, recalcitrant, red, redoubtable, refer, refine, relate, release, remaining, remiss, repellant, repellent, repelling, reprehensible, reprobate, restive, restless, retire, revengeful, reverse, revolting, riled, riotous, rival, robustious, rocky, roiled, roiling, roily, rotted, rough in, rough out, roughly, roughneck, roughshod, rowdy, ruffian, ruffianly, rum, rumble, rumbling, rumbustious, rummy, scotch, scrapper, scratchy, scupper, searching, self-contradictory, send, sense of touch, sensible, sensitised, sensitized, serious, severe, severely, shaky, shameful, sharp-worded, sharply, shoddy, short, shrewd, shrill, sickening, signature, signify, sinful, singular, sinking feeling, skanky, skin senses, slick, slimy, slippery, slow, sluggish, sly, smother, smutty, snarled, sneering, sniffy, sniveller, sober, soft, softened, soggy, soil, soiled, sombre, sonorous, sordid, sore, sorry, sound, soundless, soupcon, sourish, sourness, span, spanking, speck, speculative, spiffy, spiny, spiritualist, splenic, spoil, sporting lady, spot, spruce, square, squawker, stand for, stark, state of war, steamed, steer, sticky, still, stinking, stinky, stir, stodgy, stony, stormy, straight person, straightaway, straightforward, strange, street fighter, stressful, stretch forth, stretch out, strong, strong-armer, stung, sturdy, subvert, sulfurous, sully, sulphurous, supercilious, superman, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, surd, swage, swaggering, sweep, tacit, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, taint, tainted, take, take aim, tangy, target, tartness, tearaway, tearing, teasing, techy, tedious, tenacious, tender, tenebrious, terrible, terrific, terrorisation, terrorization, thickened, think, think of, thorny, threatening, thudding, thug, thwart, thwarted, thwartwise, tight, tinct, tinge, tint, tip over, tippy, tiresome, toilsome, tone down, torpid, torrid, toss off, touch modality, touch on, touch sensation, touch-and-go, touching, toughened, toughie, trace, track, traduce, train, transversal, transverse, traverse, tricksy, trigger-happy, trouble, troubled, true, tumultuous, turn, turn over, turned, turnover, type, unaired, unbent, unblushing, unbowed, uncaring, unceremonial, uncheerful, uncivilised, uncivilized, unclean, uncoiled, uncongenial, unconsidered, uncontrollable, uncorrectable, uncut, underbred, understood, undue, uneasy, unenviable, uneven, unexpended, ungainly, ungentle, ungovernable, unhealthful, unholy, unmannered, unmannerly, unmatched, unmated, unmediated, unnatural, unnerving, unpaired, unregenerate, unrehearsed, unrelenting, unreliable, unrepentant, unsatisfied, unsmooth, unsounded, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, unstable, unsympathetic, unthinking, untitled, untune, unvoiced, unwieldy, unworthy, upturned, vehement, vengeful, verbatim, vexing, virulent, vital, vitiate, vitriol, vitriolic, vituperation, voiceless, wakeless, war-ridden, warfare, warlike, warring, wearisome, weighed down, weighty, whimsical, whiner, whiney, whipping, wickedness, wild, wildcat, wilful, wily, wimp, with child, wolf, woman of the street, work, working girl, worried, worthless, wretched, yob, yobbo, yobo, yokelish, yucky, zen, zippy, back breaker, battery-acid, loony toons, window pane, manoeuver, belt down, tump over, shoot down, grease one's palms, off-the-wall, life-threatening, straight-from-the-shoulder, hawkish, antsy, cruddy, bad-mannered, curly-grained, strong-growing, wavy-grained, fairy, gay, pissed, shitty, crappy, bitchy, kill, devil, prostitute, whore, faggot, fagot, have to do with, ad-lib, knock down, off-the-cuff, surly, waspish, splenetic, cantankerous, atrabilious, snarly, catty, hateful, despiteful, cattish, vindictive, malignant, venomous, overbearing, contrary, sour, obstinate, bad-tempered, choleric, vinegarish, critical, stuffy, bearish, crusty, cross, dour, vinegary, ornery, captious, prickly, ill-natured, snappish, morose, crotchety, quarrelsome, irascible, huffy, disagreeable, ill-humored, perverse, Mumpish, Chuffy, acrid, saturnine, unsociable, cynical, harsh, fretful, brusque, acrimonious, blunt, trying, nasty-tempered, tart, misanthropic, acid, churlish, snappy, tough, ill-tempered, awkward, glum, difficult, gloomy, curmudgeonly, obstreperous, cross-grained, unusual, fractious, queer, waspy, odd, eccentric, testy, peevish, petulant, dissatisfied, sullen, grouchy, annoyed, Griping, peeved, vexed, Crabbing, sulky, kicking, put out, malcontent, disappointed, discontented, irritated, irritable, bellyaching, crabby, discontent, cranky, displeased, grumpy, querulous, pettish, grumbling, truculent, spiteful, touchy, quick-tempered, sharp, vicious, moody, nasty, down, callous, treacherous, liverish, rotten, vile, ignoble, rugged, knavish, rough, unfriendly, perfidious, shameless, scurrilous, pesky, malign, troublesome, unpleasant, snide, dishonorable, ugly, unscrupulous, dirty, touch, hard, formidable, lousy, sinking, vexatious, infamous, low-down and dirty, despicable, contemptible, evil, the lowest, hard-nosed, dangerous, malicious, caviling, complaining, angry, childish, short-tempered, carping, whining, tetchy, ogre, out-of-sorts, Fault-finding, cussed, mean, crabbed, growling, Fretting, pertinacious, delinquent, stubborn, obdurate, headstrong, contumacious, deviant, unmanageable, refractory, abnormal, unyielding, villainous, intransigent, miscreant, mulish, pigheaded, corrupt, self-willed, disobedient, depraved, willful, degenerate, unhealthy, intractable, wayward, contradictory, wicked, nefarious, unreasonable, erring, rebellious, capricious, dogged, whiny, Pouting, uptight, impatient, crybaby, ungracious, combative, war, pugnacious, argumentative, brawling, ructious, contentious, cat-and-dog, bellicose, excitable, disputatious, gladiatorial, have chip on shoulder, tempestuous, belligerent, turbulent, impassioned, violent, passionate, dissentious, unruly, litigious, hasty, fiery, hotheaded, thin-skinned, direct, impolite, brief, gruff, unceremonious, curt, Short-spoken, uncivil, terse, breviloquent, Snippety, offhand, straight, inconsiderate, rude, snippy, thoughtless, heavy, dull, hostile, glowering, cheerless, out of sorts, dismal, somber, inert, tenebrific, tenebrous, malevolent, sulking, pouty, silent, sourpussed, pessimistic, frowning, edgy, exasperated, peppery, hypersensitive, tricky, unpredictable, hazardous, volatile, precarious, wound up, risky, jumpy, temperamental, unsafe, wired up, Perturbable, bundle of nerves, delicate, ticklish, oversensitive, sensitive, dicey, abusive, savage, contumelious, inhuman, inhumane, caustic, aggressive, vituperative, bullying, opprobrious, trenchant, mordant, scathing, brutal, militant, antagonistic, vituperous, scrappy, frightening, terrifying, Browbeating, invective, intimidating, fierce, defiant, Cowing, barbarous, ferocious, mordacious, terrorizing, uncontent

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