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Nouns (10)

prickliness, bristliness, spininess, thorniness

n. the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness

n. a rough and bitter manner

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Fuzzynyms (28)

asperity, sharpness

n. harshness of manner

abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness

n. an abrupt discourteous manner

sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark

n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness

n. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

anger, choler, ire

n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

crabbiness, crabbedness, crossness

n. a disposition to be ill-tempered

irascibility, short temper, spleen, quick temper

n. a feeling of resentful anger

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