bad-tempered or disagreeable
71grumpy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. surly, glum. See irascibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sullen, grouchy, cantankerous; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. grouchy, surly, crabby, bearish, cross, cranky, peevish,… …
72querulous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. whining, complaining, fretful, petulant, peevish. See lamentation, discontent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fretful, irascible, peevish, complaining; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a …
73rude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. barbarous, crude, primitive, rough, rustic; harsh, rugged; coarse, uncouth; discourteous, uncivil, insolent. See vulgarity, courtesy, inelegance, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Boorish]… …
74snappy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. brisk, cold; informal, smart, quick, crisp. See fashion. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. with style, in good style, chic, having that certain something*; see active 2 , fashionable . III (Roget s 3… …
75crabby — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. peevish, querulous, grumpy; see complaining , irritable . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. *bitchy, surly, irritable, *cranky, snappish, cross, petulant, grouchy, testy, moody, *touchy, ANT.: sweet, pleasant, good… …
76mean — mean1 [mēn] vt. meant [ment] meaning [ME menen < OE mænan, to mean, tell, complain, akin to Ger meinen, to have in mind, have as opinion < IE base * meino , opinion, intent > OIr mian, wish, desire] 1. to have in mind; intend; purpose… …
77fretful — Synonyms and related words: Jeremianic, abrupt, agitated, antsy, antsy pantsy, anxious, bad tempered, breathless, bustling, captious, carping, catty, caviling, chafing, choleric, complaining, contrary, crabby, cranky, critical, cross, curt,… …
78irritable — Synonyms and related words: aggressive, agitable, all nerves, allergic, anaphylactic, apprehensive, bad tempered, bearish, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, bitchy, cankered, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, combative, crabbed, crabby, cranky,… …
79grumpy — 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… …
80churlish — adj 1. rustic, rural, peasantlike, agrestic, agrarian; pastoral, bucolic, bucolical, sylvan or silvan, Arcadian; inurbane, backwoods, provincial, countrified, countrybred, country born, upcountry, from the sticks, yokelish, Sl. hickish, Sl. rube …
