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Resentful

Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.

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Acrimonious 84% connected

Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall.

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Acrimonious 84% connected

Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall.

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Bitter 84% connected

AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

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Bitter 84% connected

AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

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Rancorous 84% connected

Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.

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Rancorous 84% connected

Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.

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Angry 84% connected

Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.

degrees of anger 55% interchangeable

Persistent anger connected with perceived unfairness.

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