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  • 121combustible — adj 1. inflammable, flammable, inflammatory, conflagratory, incendiary; fiery, combus tive, explosive, ignitable, Rare. accendible, tindery; burnable, consumable. 2. excitable, nervous, high strung, spirited, temperamental; touchy; testy, peppery …

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  • 122irritable — adj 1. testy, touchy, snappish, petulant, irascible, prickly; excitable, fiery, inflammable, hasty, quick, trigger happy; high strung, hot tempered, hot blooded, thin skinned, quick tempered; peevish, huffish, waspish, raspy, peppery, fretful;… …

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  • 123snappish — adj 1. irritable, testy, touchy, petulant, irascible, prickly; high strung, hot tempered, hot blooded, thin skinned, quick tempered, quick, hasty, trigger happy; peevish, huffish, waspish, raspy, peppery, fretful; huffy, edgy, on edge. 2. grumpy …

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  • 124testy — adj touchy, irritable, tetchy, snappish, petulant, irascible; peevish, huffish, waspish, raspy, peppery, fretful; huffy, edgy, on edge; grumpy, cranky, grouchy, snarling, crotchety, churlish, bearish; gruff, cantankerous, impatient, crabby;… …

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  • 125touchy — adj 1. testy, irritable, tetchy, snappish, petulant, irascible; peevish, huffish, waspish, raspy, peppery, fretful; huffy, edgy, on edge; grumpy, cranky, grouchy, snarling, crotchety, churlish, bearish; gruff, cantankerous, impatient, crabby;… …

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  • 126peppery — [adj1] highly seasoned fiery, hot, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, snappy, spicy, zestful, zesty; concept 613 peppery [adj2] irritable; sarcastic acute, angry, astringent, biting, caustic, choleric, cranky, cross, fiery, hot tempered, incisive …

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  • 127fractious — I adjective apt to quarrel, bad tempered, bearish, bickering, cantankerous, captious, carping, caviling, choleric, churlish, complaining, contentious, contrary, crabby, cranky, cross, cross grained, crusty, difficilis, difficult, disposed to… …

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  • 128testy — Synonyms and related words: bad tempered, bearish, bitchy, cankered, cantankerous, captious, choleric, churlish, contentious, crabbed, crabby, cranky, cross, cross grained, crotchety, crusty, cussed, disagreeable, edgy, excitable, feisty,… …

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