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1) irritable, testy (waspy)

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Meaning:
acrimonious

(of arguments etc) showing hate, bitterness and disappointment

nasty in behavior, speech

cantankerous

bed-tempered; quarrelsome

difficult, crabby

contentious

likely to cause arguments

quarrelsome

cross

angry; easily or quickly showing anger

very angry; in a bad mood

crotchety

(of an old person) bad-tempered

irritable, often due to old age

crusty

having a crust

irritable, often due to old age

disgruntled

annoyed; angry; in a bad mood

unhappy; critical

excitable

easily excited

easily upset or inspired

fractious

(of a person) irritable; bad-tempered

grouchy, cross

grumpy

a little bad-tempered

in a bad mood

impatient

very eager for something to happen

unable, unwilling to wait

irritable

easily annoyed or made angry

bad-tempered, crabby

morose

gloomy; bad-tempered

depressed, pessimistic

over-critical

too critical

very critical

oversensitive

(of a person) far too sensitive

bad-tempered, crabby

petulant

unreasonably impatient or irritable

crabby, moody

querulous

full of complaints

grouchy, hard to please

quicktempered

easily made angry

crabby

snappy

make haste

nasty, irritable

surly

bad-tempered and unfriendly

gruff, bearish

tart

very sour; unpleasant and hurting people's feelings; a piece of pastry with fruit or jam on it; a girl or woman of immoral character

bitter, sour in taste or effect

touchy

easily or quickly offended

easily offended

volcanic

of, from, like, a volcano

easily upset or inspired

TESTY as in Wiktionary
TESTY as in Wikipedia