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petulant, pesterer, aggravate, perturb<br />

cranky = petulant = pettish = puckish = peckish = peevish = techy = tetchy =<br />

testy ~ touchy ~ fractious<br />

• (cranky)- ill-tempered; grouchy; cross; Cindy repressed an urge to hug<br />

the cranky, domineering editor right on the bull pen floor. — 1st to Die;<br />

• eccentric; queer, ( );<br />

• (petulant)- moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over<br />

some trifling annoyance, ( ); He was often<br />

willful and petulant, and I used to think him dreadfully insincere. — Lord<br />

Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories;<br />

• (pettish)- petulantly peevish, ( ); The<br />

possibility of finding a man angry or pettish is unpleasant to me. — Father<br />

Payne;<br />

• (puckish)- mischievous; impish; He had a puckish knowledge of human<br />

nature. — The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol;<br />

• (peevish)- cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent,<br />

( ; ); In what a peevish, injured tone the creature did<br />

complain of our unfair tactics! — Our Friend John Burroughs;<br />

• (techy)- irritable; touchy,( ; );<br />

• (tetchy)- irritable; touchy, ( ; );<br />

• (touchy)- apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable, ( ;<br />

); But my pride was touchy, and my<br />

determination unwavering. — Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth;<br />

• (testy)-irritably impatient; touchy, ( ; ; ); Antonio<br />

finally tells me, kind of testy, to just go home so he can get back to serving<br />

dinner. — Asimov's Science Fiction;<br />

• (fractious)- readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome, ( ;<br />

; ; ); They're stubborn and fractious, and few<br />

will argue that they're not the most limited form of human communication.<br />

— Magazine - Aeon Authors - 2006 - Issue 06 - Aeon Six;<br />

• refractory or unruly;<br />

grumpy = cantankerous = crotchety : crusty = curmudgeonly = fussy = cranky =<br />

crabby = crabbed = grouchy = churlish = surly = rude = cross = boorish = illhumored<br />

= gruff = brusque : curmudgeon : impetuous = madcap

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