dyspeptic

crabby

ˈkrabi

adjective

irritable.

a rather crabby old man

irritable,fractious,fretful,cross,petulant,pettish,crabbed,crotchety,cantankerous,curmudgeonly,disagreeable,miserable,morose,peppery,on edge,edgy,impatient,complaining,querulous,bitter,moody,in a bad mood,grumpy,huffy,scratchy,out of sorts,out of temper,ill-tempered,bad-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,sullen,surly,sulky,sour,churlish,touchy,testy,tetchy,snappish,waspish,prickly,crusty,bilious,liverish,dyspeptic,splenetic,choleric,snappy,chippy,grouchy,cranky,narky,ratty,eggy,whingy,whingeing,like a bear with a sore head,sorehead,soreheaded,peckish,snaky,miffy

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crabbiest

ˈkrabi

adjective

irritable.

a rather crabby old man

irritable,fractious,fretful,cross,petulant,pettish,crabbed,crotchety,cantankerous,curmudgeonly,disagreeable,miserable,morose,peppery,on edge,edgy,impatient,complaining,querulous,bitter,moody,in a bad mood,grumpy,huffy,scratchy,out of sorts,out of temper,ill-tempered,bad-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,sullen,surly,sulky,sour,churlish,touchy,testy,tetchy,snappish,waspish,prickly,crusty,bilious,liverish,dyspeptic,splenetic,choleric,snappy,chippy,grouchy,cranky,narky,ratty,eggy,whingy,whingeing,like a bear with a sore head,sorehead,soreheaded,peckish,snaky,miffy

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crabbier

ˈkrabi

adjective

irritable.

a rather crabby old man

irritable,fractious,fretful,cross,petulant,pettish,crabbed,crotchety,cantankerous,curmudgeonly,disagreeable,miserable,morose,peppery,on edge,edgy,impatient,complaining,querulous,bitter,moody,in a bad mood,grumpy,huffy,scratchy,out of sorts,out of temper,ill-tempered,bad-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,sullen,surly,sulky,sour,churlish,touchy,testy,tetchy,snappish,waspish,prickly,crusty,bilious,liverish,dyspeptic,splenetic,choleric,snappy,chippy,grouchy,cranky,narky,ratty,eggy,whingy,whingeing,like a bear with a sore head,sorehead,soreheaded,peckish,snaky,miffy

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choleric

ˈkɒlərɪk

adjective

bad-tempered or irritable.

he was a choleric, self-important little man

bad-tempered,irascible,irritable,grumpy,grouchy,crotchety,tetchy,testy,crusty,cantankerous,curmudgeonly,ill-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,cross,fractious,disagreeable,pettish,crabbed,crabby,waspish,prickly,peppery,touchy,scratchy,splenetic,shrewish,short-tempered,hot-tempered,quick-tempered,dyspeptic,bilious,liverish,cross-grained,argumentative,quarrelsome,uncooperative,contrary,perverse,difficult,awkward,snappish,snappy,chippy,short-fused,shirty,stroppy,narky,ratty,eggy,like a bear with a sore head,cranky,ornery,peckish,soreheaded,snaky,waxy,miffy

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cantankerous

kanˈtaŋk(ə)rəs

adjective

bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.

he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times

bad-tempered,irascible,irritable,grumpy,grouchy,crotchety,tetchy,testy,crusty,curmudgeonly,ill-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,cross,fractious,disagreeable,pettish,crabbed,crabby,waspish,prickly,peppery,touchy,scratchy,splenetic,shrewish,short-tempered,hot-tempered,quick-tempered,dyspeptic,choleric,bilious,liverish,cross-grained,argumentative,quarrelsome,uncooperative,contrary,perverse,difficult,awkward,as cross as two sticks,snappish,snappy,chippy,on a short fuse,short-fused,shirty,stroppy,narky,ratty,eggy,like a bear with a sore head,cranky,ornery,peckish,soreheaded,snaky,waxy,miffy

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atrabilious

/ˌætrəˈbɪljəs/

adjective

Melancholy or ill-tempered.

an atrabilious old man

bad-tempered,ill-tempered,ill-humoured,angry,wrathful,cross,peevish,petulant,pettish,irritable,irascible,cantankerous,choleric,dyspeptic,testy,tetchy,snappish,waspish,crotchety,crabby,crabbed,querulous,resentful,rancorous,bilious,sour,bitter,acid,liverish

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