| Are trying and you start to get irritable (5) |
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| Irritable, quarrelsome |
The Times Concise |
18 Apr 2024 |
| At the close of play, the match is ill-humoured |
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| In an irritable mood |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2024 |
| In a bad mood |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Apt to snap |
Newsday |
05 Apr 2024 |
| Describing short-tempered examination candidate? (5) |
|
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| On edge |
Universal |
30 Mar 2024 |
| Running out of patience, perhaps |
|
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| Easily irritated |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Tryingly peevish? (5) |
|
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| Peevish about England's cricket performance? (5) |
|
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| Examine why they're so irritable |
|
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| Cross-examine? Yes! (5) |
|
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| Examine it? Why? You make me so irritable! |
|
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| Irritable in an unfortunate style (5) |
|
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| Close to snapping, maybe |
|
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| Irritable, touchy (5) |
|
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| Irritable; like an exam? |
|
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| Trying to be touchy? (5) |
|
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| Is a trial and you start to get cross (5) |
|
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| Examine why they're so irritable (5) |
|
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| Irritable |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Peevish |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Easily irritated |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Jan 2024 |
| Short tempered |
|
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| Irascible in resolute style (5) |
|
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| Some ornate style that makes us irritable |
|
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| Short-tempered because of penultimate trial? (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Before close of play, big match is liable to boil over |
|
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| Like someone with a short fuse |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Irritable |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Nov 2023 |
| Apt to snap |
Universal |
08 Nov 2023 |
| Irritable |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Oct 2023 |
| Irritable |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2023 |
| Irritable |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2023 |
| Exam with Open University leaving you grumpy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Jul 2023 |
| Short movie sent up Animal House |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 Jul 2023 |
| Easily irked |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2023 |
| Quick to start in, perhaps |
New York Times |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Easily made irritable |
Family Time |
09 Jul 2023 |
| Peevish |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2023 |
| On edge |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Short-tempered |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2023 |
| Short-tempered |
Newsday |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Easily annoyed |
Universal |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Easily put out |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Irritable |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Feb 2023 |
| In a cranky mood |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2023 |
| Impatient and irritable |
Universal |
03 Feb 2023 |
| Easily irritated |
Universal |
21 Jan 2023 |
| On a short fuse, say |
Universal |
19 Jan 2023 |
| Peevish |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Short-tempered |
Newsday |
06 Dec 2022 |
| In an irritable mood |
Newsday |
29 Nov 2022 |
| Irritable |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2022 |
| In a bad mood |
Newsday |
09 Nov 2022 |
| Easily angered |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Miffed |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Oct 2022 |
| Peevish |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Sep 2022 |
| Irritable |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Sep 2022 |
| Irritable |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Snappish |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Aug 2022 |
| Easily irritated |
USA Today |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Easily annoyed |
USA Today |
11 May 2022 |
| Easily irritated |
Newsday |
03 May 2022 |
| Easy to irritate |
Universal |
18 Apr 2022 |
| Peevish |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Apr 2022 |
| In a grouchy mood |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2022 |
| Short-tempered |
|
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| Easily annoyed |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jan 2022 |
| Irritable |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Jan 2022 |
| Peevish |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jan 2022 |
| Short-tempered |
Universal |
17 Dec 2021 |
| Irritable |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Nov 2021 |
| Snappish |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Nov 2021 |
| Irritable |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2021 |
| Irritable |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2021 |
| Irritable |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Nov 2021 |
| Peevish |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Irritable |
The Washington Post |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Irritable |
LA Times Daily |
14 Oct 2021 |
| In a crabby mood |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Irritable |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Irritable |
USA Today |
13 Sep 2021 |
| Acting peevish |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Snappy as a game of cricket? |
|
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| Irritable match ending in acrimony |
|
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| Grouchy on exam day? |
Family Time |
18 Jul 2021 |
| In a bad mood |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2021 |
| Easily angered |
USA Today |
20 May 2021 |
| Ill-tempered |
USA Today |
05 May 2021 |
| Irritable |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Apr 2021 |
| The empty pen is scratchy |
|
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| Irritable |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Prone to irritation |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Short-tempered |
The Washington Post |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Short-tempered |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Easily irritated |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2020 |
| Quick to get defensive, perhaps |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2020 |
| In a crabby mood |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2020 |
| In a crabby mood |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2020 |
| On edge |
Universal |
21 Nov 2020 |
| Short-tempered |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2020 |
| In a mean mood |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2020 |
| Easily upset |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Sep 2020 |
| Quick to snap |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Cross Hampshire river with yankee |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jul 2020 |
| Easily angered |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jul 2020 |
| Like exchanges with raised voices, perhaps |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Jul 2020 |
| Out of sorts |
The Washington Post |
15 Jul 2020 |
| Quick to anger |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Quick to anger |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2020 |
| Irritable |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2020 |
| Apt to snap |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2020 |
| In a crabby mood |
Newsday |
18 May 2020 |
| Peevish |
Thomas Joseph |
01 May 2020 |
| Irritable |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Likely to snap |
New York Times |
03 Apr 2020 |
| Irritable |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Short |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2020 |
| Short |
The Washington Post |
23 Feb 2020 |
| Cross yard following inspection |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Feb 2020 |
| Quick to anger |
|
|
| Ill-tempered |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2019 |
| Easily irritated |
|
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| Irritable |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Maybe oral fluency? Ultimately likely to lose it |
|
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| Irascible |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Oct 2019 |
| Short-tempered |
|
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| Cross |
The Washington Post |
30 Aug 2019 |
| Cross |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2019 |
| Quick to get ticked |
USA Today |
19 Aug 2019 |
| Cantankerous |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2019 |
| Cantankerous |
The Washington Post |
09 Aug 2019 |
| Irritable |
Family Time |
14 Jul 2019 |
| In a peevish mood |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2019 |
| Cross in Carmelite style |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Easily annoyed |
Universal |
07 Jun 2019 |
| Irritable |
Newsday |
28 May 2019 |
| Cross river close to Romsey |
|
|
| Easily irritated |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Apr 2019 |
| Bad-tempered youth's first after examination |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jan 2019 |
| Irritable |
|
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| Cantankerous |
|
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| Cross |
|
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| Easily angered |
|
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| In a peevish mood |
|
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| Easily irritated |
|
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| Irascible |
|
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| Easily annoyed |
|
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| Quick to get ticked |
|
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| Cross and on edge |
Universal |
27 Nov 2018 |
| Peevish |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2018 |
| Bad-tempered |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2018 |
| Irritably impatient |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2018 |
| In a crabby mood |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2018 |
| Grumpy |
Newsday |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Irascible |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2018 |
| Irritable |
Universal |
08 Sep 2018 |
| In a foul mood |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Apt to blow up |
Newsday |
22 Jul 2018 |
| Short-tempered |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2018 |
| Cranky |
Universal |
19 Apr 2018 |
| Quick to complain |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Not to be messed with |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Cross and on edge |
|
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| Irritable |
|
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| Cranky |
|
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| In a crabby mood |
|
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| Peevish |
|
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| Irascible |
|
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| Bad-tempered |
|
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| Irritably impatient |
|
|
| Truculent |
Universal |
31 Dec 2017 |
| Irritable |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2017 |
| Irritable |
The Washington Post |
29 Dec 2017 |
| Somewhat bad-tempered in exam at end of May |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Choleric |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Nov 2017 |
| Easily vexed |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Nov 2017 |
| Easy to anger |
Universal |
05 Oct 2017 |
| Feisty and easy to anger |
Universal |
12 Sep 2017 |
| Easily irked |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2017 |
| Easily ticked off |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2017 |
| Touchy |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2017 |
| Touchy |
The Washington Post |
09 Jul 2017 |
| Easily irritated |
USA Today |
11 May 2017 |
| Cross examination before closing for jury |
|
|
| Irritably impatient |
Universal |
07 Mar 2017 |
| Snappish |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jan 2017 |
| Ill-tempered |
|
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| Easy to anger |
|
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| Feisty and easy to anger |
|
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| Touchy |
|
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| Short-tempered |
|
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| Truculent |
|
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| Irritable |
|
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| Easily irked |
|
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| Easily irritated |
|
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| Easily ticked off |
|
|
| Easily irritated |
The Washington Post |
04 Dec 2016 |
| Twenty-fifth experiment, perhaps, making one irritable? |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Oct 2016 |
| Easily nettled |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2016 |
| Ill-tempered |
Universal |
25 May 2016 |
| Irritable |
The Times Concise |
15 Mar 2016 |
| Short-tempered because of penultimate trial? |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jan 2016 |
| Grumpy |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jan 2016 |
| Irritable and impatient |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Irritable and impatient |
|
|
| Ill-tempered |
|
|
| Easily nettled |
|
|
| Acting irritable |
Universal |
16 Dec 2015 |
| Easily vexed |
Family Time |
13 Dec 2015 |
| Bad-tempered |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2015 |
| Cross verify missing condition |
|
|
| Short-tempered |
Universal |
19 Nov 2015 |
| On edge |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2015 |
| Short-tempered |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Oct 2015 |
| Ill-humored |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Aug 2015 |
| Apt to snap |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2015 |
| Easily irked |
Newsday |
01 Jul 2015 |
| In a mean mood |
USA Today |
17 Jun 2015 |
| Impatient with lots of exams, perhaps |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 May 2015 |
| Cantankerous |
USA Today |
17 May 2015 |
| Cross in match ending in penalty |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Apr 2015 |
| Ready to snap |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Cross |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2015 |
| Check back of vestry for cross |
|
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| Cantankerous |
Universal |
30 Mar 2015 |
| In a mood |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2015 |
| Cantankerous |
|
|
| In a mood |
|
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| On edge |
|
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| Short-tempered |
|
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| Ready to snap |
|
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| Bad-tempered |
|
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| Cross |
|
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| Easily irked |
|
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| Apt to snap |
|
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| Short-tempered |
|
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| Irritable |
|
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| Short-tempered |
|
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| In a mean mood |
|
|
| Easily annoyed |
|
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| Cantankerous |
|
|
| Short-tempered |
|
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| Acting irritable |
|
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| Irritable, youth leader after trial |
|
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| Short-tempered |
|
|
| Quick to get angry |
|
|
| Quick to bark |
|
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| In a bad mood |
|
|
| Apt to snap |
|
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| Easily vexed |
|
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| Ill-humored |
|
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| Irritable |
|
|
| Peevish |
|
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| Short-tempered |
|
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| Easily irritated or annoyed |
|
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| Ready to snap |
|
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| On edge |
|
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| Ill-tempered |
|
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| Irascible |
|
|
| Quick to snap |
|
|
| Irritable and impatient |
|
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| Touchy |
|
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| Liable to lose it |
|
|
| Clearly low on patience |
|
|
| Apt to strike out |
|
|
| Hardly easygoing |
|
|
| Thin-skinned |
|
|
| Snappish |
|
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| Looking for a fight |
|
|
| Easily irked |
|
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| In a mood |
|
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| Ill-tempered |
|
|
| Easily snapping |
|
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| Irritable |
|
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| Peckish |
|
|
| A bit quick to be ticked |
|
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| Apt to snap |
|
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| Cranky |
|
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| Fractious |
|
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| In a foul mood |
|
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| Fractious |
|
|
| Easily angered |
|
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| Peevish |
|
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| Quick to flip |
|
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| In a bad mood |
|
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| Unpleasant to be around |
|
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| Quick to get angry |
|
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| Disagreeable |
|
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| Easily irritated |
|
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| Inclined to strike out |
|
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| Easily annoyed |
|
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| In a sour mood |
|
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| Easily irritated |
|
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| Ready to snap |
|
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| Irritable |
|
|
| Petulant |
|
|
| Easily irritated |
|
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| Easily nettled |
|
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| Easily irritated |
|
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| Out of sorts |
|
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| Ticked off |
|
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| Petulant |
|
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| Irritable |
|
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| Snappish |
|
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| In a foul mood |
|
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| Impatient |
|
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| In a foul mood |
|
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| Disagreeable |
|
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| In a foul mood |
|
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| Snappish |
|
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| Fractious |
|
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| Liable to lose it |
|
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| Snappish |
|
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| Out of humor |
|
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| Quick to be ticked |
|
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| In a foul mood |
|
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| Quick to be ticked |
|
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| Quick to get ticked |
|
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| In a snit |
|
|
| What you might describe this puzzle as? |
|
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| A bit quick to be ticked |
|
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| Snappish |
|
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| Irascible |
|
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| Short-fused |
|
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| On edge |
|
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| Ill-tempered |
|
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| Peevish |
|
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| Having little patience |
|
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| Irritable |
|
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| Petulant |
|
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| Peevish |
|
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| Snappish |
|
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| Irascible |
|
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| Cross |
|
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| Out of sorts |
|
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| On edge |
|
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| Short-tempered |
|
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| Snappish |
|
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| Irritable and impatient, e.g. |
|
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| Liable to lose it |
|
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| Inclined to snap |
|
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| Peevish |
|
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| Liable to lose it |
|
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| Irritable |
|
|
| Inclined to snap |
|
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| In a peeved mood |
|
|
| Not exactly easygoing |
|
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| Peevish |
|
|
| Easily irritated |
|
|
| On edge |
|
|
| Short-fused |
|
|
| In a crabby mood |
|
|
| Thin-skinned |
|
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| Peevish |
|
|
| Easily irritated |
|
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| Irritable |
|
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| Ready to snap |
|
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| Cross |
|
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| Disagreeable |
|
|
| Irritably impatient |
|
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| Peevish |
|
|
| Not easygoing |
|
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| Thin-skinned |
|
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| Hardly easygoing |
|
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| Irascible |
|
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| Out of humor |
|
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| In a foul mood |
|
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| Peevish |
|
|
| Irascible |
|
|
| With a short fuse |
|
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| Short-tempered |
|
|
| Out of humor |
|
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| Peckish |
|
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| Cantankerous |
|
|
| Peckish |
|
|
| In a peevish mood |
|
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| Irritable |
|
|
| Cross |
|
|
| Short-tempered |
|
|
| Easily irked |
|
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| On edge |
|
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| Cantankerous |
|
|
| Cranky |
|
|
| In a mean mood |
|
|
| Short, say |
|
|
| In a peeved mood |
|
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| In a peeved mood |
|
|
| Irascible |
|
|
| Short-fused |
|
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| Out of sorts |
|
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| Short-fused |
|
|
| Irritable |
|
|
| On the peevish side |
|
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| Short |
|
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| Huffish |
|
|
| A bit quick to be ticked |
|
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| Fractious |
|
|
| Easily irked |
|
|
| Not handling criticism well |
|
|
| Easily vexed |
|
|
| Irrritable |
|
|
| Irritable and impatient |
|
|
| Fretful |
|
|
| Snappish |
|
|
| Choleric |
|
|
| Waspish |
|
|
| BEAR WITNESS |
|
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| Petulant |
|
|
| Curmudgeonish |
|
|
| Crotchety |
|
|
| Touchy |
|
|
| Churlish. |
|
|
| Short-tempered. |
|
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| Peevish. |
|
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| Snappish. |
|
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| Cantankerous. |
|
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| Cranky. |
|
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| Ill-tempered. |
|
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| Irritable. |
|
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| Ill-humored. |
|
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| Grumpy. |
|
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| Irascible. |
|
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| Hard to please. |
|
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| Grouchy. |
|
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| Petulant. |
|
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| Fretful. |
|
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