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ill-natured

adj. having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

disagreeable

adj. not to your liking; "a most disagreeable journey"; "a disagreeable old man"; "in a disagreeable mood"

fractious, cranky, irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

cross, fussy, crabbed, crabby, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered

adj. perversely irritable

ugly, surly

adj. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

unpleasant

adj. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

objectionable, unpleasant, obnoxious

adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

offensive

adj. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"

fretful, querulous, whiney, whining, whiny

adj. habitually complaining; "a whining child"

cantankerous, crotchety, ornery

adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

carping, caviling, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling, cavilling

adj. quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"

meticulous, painstaking, finical, finicky, fussy, pernickety, persnickety, punctilious

adj. excessively concerned about niceties

disagreeable, ill-natured

adj. not to your liking; "a most disagreeable journey"; "a disagreeable old man"; "in a disagreeable mood"

unpleasant

adj. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

ill-natured

adj. having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

good-natured

adj. having an easygoing and cheerful disposition; "too good-natured to resent a little criticism"; "the good-natured policeman on our block"; "the sounds of good-natured play"

pleasing, agreeable, good-natured

adj. conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; "Is the plan agreeable to you?"; "he's an agreeable fellow"; "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli; "an agreeable manner"

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