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Synonyms
choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, irascible, irritable, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, waspish
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