Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.
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Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
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Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.
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Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.
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Of or pertaining to the bile.
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Of or pertaining to the bile.
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Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.
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Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.
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Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.
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Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.
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Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile.
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Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile.
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Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
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Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
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Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.
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Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.
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Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.
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Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.
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Full of spirit; crank.
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Full of spirit; crank.
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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…
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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…
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Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.
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Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.
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Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.
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Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.
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Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.
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Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.
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Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; bruta…
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Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; bruta…
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Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…
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Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…
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Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
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Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
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Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
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Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
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Alt. of Dyspeptical
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Alt. of Dyspeptical
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Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.
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Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.
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Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.
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Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.
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of Glower
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of Glower
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Sullenness.
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Sullenness.
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Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.
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Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.
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Surly; dissatisfied; grouty.
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Surly; dissatisfied; grouty.
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Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
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Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
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Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
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Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
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Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.
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Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.
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Capable of being irriated.
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Capable of being irriated.
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Alt. of Misanthropical
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Alt. of Misanthropical
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Hating or disliking mankind.
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Hating or disliking mankind.
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Hating women.
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Hating women.
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Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.
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Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.
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Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
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Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
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of Nag
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of Nag
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Inclined to eat; hungry.
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Inclined to eat; hungry.
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Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
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Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
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Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
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Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
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Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
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Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
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Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
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Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
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Characterized by scratches.
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Characterized by scratches.
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having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.
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having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.
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Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
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Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
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Snappish.
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Snappish.
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Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
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Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
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Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
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Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
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of Spoil
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of Spoil
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of Spoil
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of Spoil
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Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
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Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
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Lonely; solitary; desolate.
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Lonely; solitary; desolate.
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Arrogant; haughty.
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Arrogant; haughty.
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Peevish; fretful; irritable.
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Peevish; fretful; irritable.
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Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
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Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
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See Techy.
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See Techy.
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Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
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Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
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Having the nature of vinegar; sour; unamiable.
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Having the nature of vinegar; sour; unamiable.
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Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
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Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
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The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.
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The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.
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Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.
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Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.
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Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.
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Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.
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