| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | acerbic | sharp and biting in tone |
| 2. | acid | sharp and unfriendly |
| 3. | agitated | disturbed and easily upset |
| 4. | angered | made angry or irritated |
| 5. | annoyed | mildly angry or irritated |
| 6. | argumentative | inclined to argue |
| 7. | bad-humored | grumpy and unpleasant |
| 8. | bad-tempered | easily annoyed or angry |
| 9. | bilious | bad-tempered and ill-humored |
| 10. | bothered | slightly annoyed or worried |
| 11. | bristly | stiff and easily annoyed |
| 12. | brittle | tense and easily upset |
| 13. | cantankerous | bad-tempered and argumentative |
| 14. | captious | fault-finding in a petty way |
| 15. | crabbed | bad-tempered and irritable |
| 16. | cranky | easily annoyed or bad-tempered |
| 17. | cross | slightly angry or annoyed |
| 18. | crusty | gruff and easily annoyed |
| 19. | disagreeable | bad-tempered and unfriendly |
| 20. | disgruntled | annoyed and dissatisfied |
| 21. | displeased | not pleased; mildly annoyed |
| 22. | dyspeptic | bad-tempered and irritable |
| 23. | edgy | tense and easily irritated |
| 24. | exasperated | very annoyed and frustrated |
| 25. | explosive | prone to sudden anger |
| 26. | fed up | annoyed from too much |
| 27. | fiery | quick to anger |
| 28. | finicky | overly particular and easily displeased |
| 29. | fractious | bad-tempered and difficult to handle |
| 30. | fretful | restlessly unhappy and easily upset |
| 31. | fussy | easily upset over small things |
| 32. | gloomy | sad and bad-tempered |
| 33. | glum | gloomy and slightly cross |
| 34. | grouchy | habitually bad-tempered and complaining |
| 35. | growly | grumbling and bad-tempered |
| 36. | grumbling | complaining in a low voice |
| 37. | grumpy | bad-tempered and complaining |
| 38. | harried | stressed and irritable |
| 39. | high-strung | nervous and easily upset |
| 40. | hostile | unfriendly and antagonistic |
| 41. | hot-tempered | quickly angered |
| 42. | huffy | offended and annoyed |
| 43. | hyperirritable | extremely easily irritated |
| 44. | ill-humored | in a bad mood |
| 45. | ill-natured | unkind and bad-tempered |
| 46. | ill-tempered | having a bad temper |
| 47. | impatient | easily annoyed by delay |
| 48. | irked | annoyed or bothered |
| 49. | jumpy | nervous and easily startled |
| 50. | mad | angry or annoyed |
| 51. | mean-tempered | unkind and bad-tempered |
| 52. | mercurial | quickly changing in mood |
| 53. | miffy | easily offended or annoyed |
| 54. | moody | changeably bad-tempered or gloomy |
| 55. | morose | sullen and ill-tempered |
| 56. | nervy | boldly rude or touchy |
| 57. | nettled | annoyed and bothered |
| 58. | nippy | sharp and irritable |
| 59. | offended | hurt and annoyed |
| 60. | on edge | tense and easily irritated |
| 61. | ornery | bad-tempered and difficult |
| 62. | out of humor | in an annoyed mood |
| 63. | out of sorts | slightly unwell or irritable |
| 64. | oversensitive | too easily hurt or annoyed |
| 65. | peevish | easily irritated and complaining |
| 66. | petulant | childishly sulky or bad-tempered |
| 67. | piqued | slightly offended or irritated |
| 68. | prickly | easily offended or annoyed |
| 69. | provoked | stirred to irritation or anger |
| 70. | put out | annoyed or inconvenienced |
| 71. | quarrelsome | prone to arguing or fighting |
| 72. | querulous | complaining in a whining way |
| 73. | ratty | bad-tempered and irritable |
| 74. | resentful | bitterly annoyed about unfairness |
| 75. | restive | uneasy and hard to control |
| 76. | riled | annoyed and irritated |
| 77. | ruffled | slightly upset or annoyed |
| 78. | short-tempered | quick to become angry |
| 79. | snappish | sharp and easily annoyed |
| 80. | snappy | speaking sharply from annoyance |
| 81. | stroppy | bad-tempered and difficult |
| 82. | sulky | morosely bad-tempered and resentful |
| 83. | sullen | bad-tempered and silent |
| 84. | surly | bad-tempered and unfriendly |
| 85. | temperamental | moody and unpredictable |
| 86. | tense | nervous and easily irritated |
| 87. | testy | easily irritated or impatient |
| 88. | tetchy | easily annoyed or upset |
| 89. | thin-skinned | easily offended or upset |
| 90. | touchy | easily upset or offended |
| 91. | unpleasant | not nice; disagreeable |
| 92. | uptight | tense and easily annoyed |
| 93. | vexed | annoyed or frustrated |
| 94. | volatile | liable to sudden anger |
| 95. | waspish | sharp and spitefully irritable |
| 96. | waspy | sharp and irritable |
| 97. | whiny | complaining in an annoying way |
| 98. | worked up | agitated and upset |
| 99. | wrathy | angry and irritable |
| 100. | wretched-tempered | very bad-tempered |