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61grumpy — 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,… …
62petulant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fretful, irritable, complaining, peevish. See irascibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. grouchy, testy, cross; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PECH uh lunt]… …
63quick-tempered — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impetuous, hotheaded, irascible, hot, peppery. See irascibility. Ant., cool headed, slow to anger. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. temperamental, quarrelsome, irascible, excitable; see irritable . III… …
64sour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. acid, tart, bitter; fermented, unpleasant; morose, testy, touchy. See sourness, irascibility, unsavoriness.Ant., sweet, good humored. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sour in taste] Syn. acid, acidulated …
65surly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sullen, morose, churlish, gruff, uncivil. See discourtesy.Ant., courteous, civil. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. morose, testy, crabby; see irritable , sullen . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bad… …
66waspish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. snappish, petulant, irascible; slender waisted. See irascibility, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. bad tempered, snappish, crabby*; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bad… …
67choleric — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. irritable, quick tempered, peevish, irascible; see irritable . See Synonym Study at irritable . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. quick tempered, irritable, angry, hotheaded, irascible, touchy, grouchy, *short fused,… …
68crabby — 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… …
69snappish — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cross, angry, touchy; see irritable . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. irritable, cross, short tempered, touchy, testy, crabby, grouchy, quick tempered, waspish, peevish, *short fused, edgy. ANT.: easygoing, good… …
70test — [14] Latin testum denoted an ‘earthenware pot’. English acquired it via Old French test, and used it originally for a ‘pot in which metals are subjected to heat’. Among the purposes these tests were put to was assaying, to ascertain the quality… …
