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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| testy | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| cranky | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| irritable | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| petulance | /xx | Noun |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| whiny | /x | Adjective |
| pouty | /x | Noun |
| brat | / | Noun |
| childish | /x | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| boorish | /x | Adjective |
| indignant | x/x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| querulous | /xx | Adjective |
| snotty | /x | Adjective |
| impudent | x/x | Adjective |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| sulky | /x | Adjective |
| defiant | x/x | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| insolent | /xx | Adjective |
| supercilious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective |
| immature | xx/ | Adjective |
| exasperated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| egotistical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| impetuous | x/x | Adjective |
| grumpy | /x | Adjective |
| haughty | /x | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| vengeful | /x | Adjective |
| irascible | x/xx | Adjective |
| bitchy | /x | Adjective |
| snide | / | Adjective |
| narcissistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| ungracious | x/x | Adjective |
| ungrateful | x/x | Adjective |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective |
| sneering | /x | Verb |
| petty | /x | Noun |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| irate | x/ | Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| precocious | x/x | Adjective |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| grouchy | /x | Noun |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| contemptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| disgruntled | x/x | Adjective |
| thoughtless | /x | Adjective |
| smug | / | Adjective |
| infantile | /xx | Noun |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| sanctimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unhinged | x/ | Adjective |
| shrill | / | Adjective |
| condescending | xx/x | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| egocentric | xx/x | Adjective |
| obsequious | x/xx | Adjective |
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| disrespectful | xx/x | Adjective |
| resentful | x/x | Adjective |
| pout | / | Noun |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective |
| hypocritical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| impish | /x | Adjective |
| selfish | /x | Adjective |
| fussy | /x | Adjective |
| brittle | /x | Adjective |
| twitchy | /x | Adjective |
| moody | /x | Name |
| feisty | /x | Adjective |
| infuriated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| raspy | /x | Adjective |
| irritated | /xxx | Verb |
| heady | /x | Adjective |
| edgy | /x | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| agitated | /xxx | Adjective |
| raging | /x | Verb |
| nervous | /x | Adjective |
| febrile | /x | Adjective |
| fuming | /x | Noun |
| hypersensitive | xx/xx | Adjective |
| uptight | x/ | Adjective |
| humoured | /x | Adjective |
| in high dudgeon | x//x | Phrase, Adjective |
| irrepressible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| jittery | /xx | Adjective |
| windy | /x | Noun |
| vexed | / | Adjective |
| feeling | /x | Noun |
| feverish | /xx | Adjective |
| perturbed | x/ | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| excitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| droop | / | Noun |
| impatience | x/x | Noun |
| schoolboy | /x | Noun |
| scowl | / | Noun |
| toss | / | Noun |
| frown | / | Noun |
| outburst | /x | Noun |
| obstinacy | /xxx | Noun |
| teenager | /xx | Noun |
| sounding | /x | Verb |
| shrug | / | Noun |
| adolescent | xx/x | Noun |
| disdain | x/ | Noun |
| annoyance | x/x | Noun |
| animosity | xx/xx | Noun |
| jealousy | /xx | Noun |
| arrogance | /xx | Noun |
| mouth | / | Noun |
| child | / | Noun |
| anger | /x | Noun |
| gesture | /x | Noun |
| defiance | x/x | Noun |
| complaint | x/ | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| diffident | /xx | Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| sfa | x | Name |
