adj. causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

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

adj. making worse

adj. requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"

adj. hard to endure; "fell upon trying times"

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

adj. difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

adj. resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"

adj. extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening"

adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

adj. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

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

adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"

adj. not able to attract favorable attention; "they have made the place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess"

adj. not wanted; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens";"removed the unwanted vegetation"

adj. unpleasant to interact with; "a disagreeable old man"

adj. habitually complaining; "a whiny child"

adj. marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"

adj. bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde

adj. expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

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

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

adj. quick to take offense

adj. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus

adj. given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"

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"

adj. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"

adj. not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

adj. restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism"

adj. unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion

adj. subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"

adj. extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

adj. of or relating to litigation

adj. irritable as if suffering from indigestion

adj. apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice"

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

adj. quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"

adj. annoyed and irritable

adj. brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

adj. showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

adj. quick to take offense

adj. sullen or moody

adj. hating mankind in general

adj. hating women in particular

adj. (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed

adj. continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"

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

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"

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"