| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abrasive | harsh and irritating in manner |
| 2. | acerb | sharp and bitter in tone |
| 3. | acid | harshly sarcastic or biting |
| 4. | acidic | sharply critical or biting |
| 5. | acrid | sharp, bitter, and unpleasant |
| 6. | antagonistic | actively hostile or combative |
| 7. | bad-tempered | easily annoyed and cross |
| 8. | barbed | pointedly hurtful or sarcastic |
| 9. | bilious | ill-tempered and peevish |
| 10. | biting | hurtfully sharp or sarcastic |
| 11. | bitter | sharp with resentment |
| 12. | blistering | intensely harsh or critical |
| 13. | blunt | direct to the point of harshness |
| 14. | brusque | abrupt and bluntly rude |
| 15. | cantankerous | bad-tempered and argumentative |
| 16. | caustic | sharply critical and biting |
| 17. | churlish | rude and surly |
| 18. | contemptuous | showing strong disdain |
| 19. | crabbed | ill-tempered and harsh |
| 20. | crabby | bad-tempered and irritable |
| 21. | cross | bad-tempered and sharp |
| 22. | cruel | deliberately hurtful or harsh |
| 23. | curt | rudely brief and sharp |
| 24. | cutting | deeply hurtful or sharp |
| 25. | derisive | expressing scorn or ridicule |
| 26. | disdainful | showing haughty contempt |
| 27. | edgy | tense, sharp, and irritable |
| 28. | forbidding | unfriendly and severe |
| 29. | frosty | coldly unfriendly or sharp |
| 30. | grating | irritatingly harsh or unpleasant |
| 31. | grim | stern and forbidding |
| 32. | grimly sarcastic | darkly mocking and harsh |
| 33. | gruff | rough and unfriendly in tone |
| 34. | hard | unfeelingly harsh or stern |
| 35. | hardhearted | cruel and unsympathetic |
| 36. | harsh | severe and unpleasantly rough |
| 37. | heartless | without sympathy or kindness |
| 38. | hostile | openly unfriendly and antagonistic |
| 39. | hot-tempered | easily angered and harsh |
| 40. | ill-natured | habitually bad-tempered and unkind |
| 41. | ill-tempered | easily angered and unpleasant |
| 42. | incisive | sharply analytical or pointed |
| 43. | insulting | offensively disrespectful or rude |
| 44. | irritable | easily annoyed and snappish |
| 45. | jagged | roughly sharp or biting |
| 46. | jeering | mocking in a rude way |
| 47. | keen | sharp and penetrating |
| 48. | knife-edged | dangerously sharp and severe |
| 49. | lacerating | painfully cutting or scathing |
| 50. | malicious | intending to harm or wound |
| 51. | mean | unkind and hurtful |
| 52. | merciless | showing no pity or softness |
| 53. | mocking | teasing with scorn or ridicule |
| 54. | mordant | bitingly sarcastic or critical |
| 55. | nasty | mean, unpleasant, and hurtful |
| 56. | needle-sharp | extremely pointed and biting |
| 57. | nipping | sharply hurtful or cold |
| 58. | offensive | causing hurt or resentment |
| 59. | ornery | stubbornly bad-tempered and mean |
| 60. | peevish | irritably childish and cross |
| 61. | penetrating | keenly sharp and insightful |
| 62. | piercing | sharply forceful or painful |
| 63. | pitiless | without compassion or mercy |
| 64. | pointed | directly critical or barbed |
| 65. | poisonous | full of malice or hostility |
| 66. | prickly | easily irritated and sharp |
| 67. | rancorous | deeply bitter and resentful |
| 68. | relentless | unremittingly harsh or severe |
| 69. | rough | harsh and lacking gentleness |
| 70. | rude | impolite and offensively blunt |
| 71. | ruthless | without pity or compassion |
| 72. | sarcastic | mocking in a cutting way |
| 73. | scathing | severely critical and harsh |
| 74. | searing | intensely painful or scathing |
| 75. | severe | very harsh or strict |
| 76. | sharp | harsh and biting in tone |
| 77. | snarky | sharply mocking and rude |
| 78. | snide | mocking and mean-spirited |
| 79. | sour | unpleasantly sharp or peevish |
| 80. | spiteful | maliciously hurtful or nasty |
| 81. | stern | serious and severe |
| 82. | tart | sharply critical or snappish |
| 83. | taunting | provoking with cruel remarks |
| 84. | testy | easily annoyed and sharp |
| 85. | toxic | harmfully hostile or nasty |
| 86. | trenchant | keenly critical and forceful |
| 87. | uncivil | rude and discourteous |
| 88. | unfeeling | lacking sympathy or warmth |
| 89. | unforgiving | harsh and not lenient |
| 90. | ungentle | not mild or kind |
| 91. | unkind | not kind; hurtful |
| 92. | unpleasant | disagreeable and harsh |
| 93. | unsparing | not gentle or lenient |
| 94. | venomous | full of malice or spite |
| 95. | vicious | deliberately cruel and violent |
| 96. | vinegary | sour-tempered and sharp |
| 97. | virulent | extremely bitter or hostile |
| 98. | vitriolic | filled with bitter criticism |
| 99. | waspish | sharp, spiteful, and irritable |
| 100. | withering | devastatingly scornful or critical |