Somebody who seems to be looking for reasons to be angry: “He’s a ________.”
| CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER | 249 |
| LOOKING FOR TROUBLE | 160 |
| SOREHEAD | 144 |
| TROUBLE-MAKER | 110 |
| FAULT-FINDER | 65 |
| NR | 54 |
| GROUCH | 32 |
| PESSIMIST | 24 |
| GOT A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER | 23 |
| TROUBLE-HUNTER | 16 |
| HUNTING TROUBLE | 13 |
| ALWAYS LOOKING FOR TROUBLE | 11 |
| CHIP | 8 |
| CHRONIC FAULT-FINDER | 7 |
| BULLY | 6 |
| HOTHEAD | 6 |
| LOOKING FOR A FIGHT | 6 |
| TOUCHY | 6 |
| CRANK | 5 |
| HUNTING FOR TROUBLE | 5 |
| SOURPUSS | 5 |
| TROUBLE-SEEKER | 5 |
| GRIPER | 4 |
| GRUMP | 4 |
| KILLJOY | 4 |
| OLD GROUCH | 4 |
| PICKER | 4 |
| BAD DISPOSITION | 3 |
| CARRIES A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER | 3 |
| CARRYING A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER | 3 |
| ILL-TEMPERED | 3 |
| INSTIGATOR | 3 |
| NUT | 3 |
| PAIN IN THE NECK | 3 |
| PEST | 3 |
| WORRYWART | 3 |
| ASKING FOR IT | 2 |
| BAD TEMPER | 2 |
| BORROWING TROUBLE | 2 |
| CANTANKEROUS | 2 |
| CHRONIC COMPLAINER | 2 |
| CHRONIC GRUMBLER | 2 |
| COMPLAINER | 2 |
| CRAB | 2 |
| FEISTY | 2 |
| LOOKING FOR AN ARGUMENT | 2 |
| LOOKING FOR IT | 2 |
| LOOKING FOR SOMETHING | 2 |
| MEAN | 2 |
| MEANY | 2 |
| MEDDLER | 2 |
| MEDDLESOME | 2 |
| ODDBALL | 2 |
| ON THE PROD | 2 |
| ORNERY | 2 |
| POOR LOSER | 2 |
| SNOOP | 2 |
| SPOILING FOR A FIGHT | 2 |
| TOUCHY PERSON | 2 |
| A-HUNTING TROUBLE | 1 |
| ACHING FOR A FIGHT | 1 |
| AGINNER | 1 |
| AGITATER | 1 |
| ALL THE TIME A-HUNTIN’ TROUBLE | 1 |
| ALWAYS FINDING FAULT | 1 |
| ALWAYS GRIPING | 1 |
| ALWAYS HUNTING FOR TROUBLE | 1 |
| ALWAYS HUNTING SOMETHING | 1 |
| ALWAYS LOOKING FOR AN INSULT | 1 |
| ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING | 1 |
| ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO PICK AT | 1 |
| ALWAYS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE | 1 |
| ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND TROUBLE | 1 |
| ANTAGONIST | 1 |
| ANTICIPATES TROUBLE | 1 |
| ASKING FOR TROUBLE | 1 |
| AT THE TIME LOOKING FOR TROUBLE | 1 |
| AWFUL MOODY | 1 |
| AXE TO GRIND | 1 |
| BASTARD | 1 |
| BELLIGERENT | 1 |
| BELLIGERENT PERSON | 1 |
| BELLYACHER | 1 |
| BITCH | 1 |
| BORROWS TROUBLE | 1 |
| BUTTINSKY | 1 |
| CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER ALL THE TIME | 1 |
| CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO KNOCK IT OFF | 1 |
| CHIP-BEARER | 1 |
| CHRONIC GROUCH | 1 |
| CHRONIC KICKER | 1 |
| CONTENTIOUS | 1 |
| CRABBER | 1 |
| CRABBY | 1 |
| CREEP | 1 |
| CREPEHANGER | 1 |
| CRITIC | 1 |
| CROSS-GRAINED | 1 |
| CROSSWISE | 1 |
| CROSSWISE WITH THE WORLD | 1 |
| DISAGREEABLE | 1 |
| DISAGREEABLE PERSON | 1 |
| DOESN’T LIKE ANYTHING | 1 |
| DOG IN THE MANGER | 1 |
| EASY HURT | 1 |
| EVIL MIND | 1 |
| FEELINGS ON HIS SLEEVE | 1 |
| FINDER | 1 |
| FINDS FAULT WITH EVERYTHING | 1 |
| FLIES OFF THE HANDLE | 1 |
| FRUSTERATED OLD GOAT | 1 |
| FUSS-POT | 1 |
| FUSSBUDGET | 1 |
| GLOOMY | 1 |
| GLUTTON FOR TROUBLE | 1 |
| GOES AROUND WITH A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER | 1 |
| GOIN’ AROUND WITH A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER | 1 |
| GOT A BAD DISPOSITION | 1 |
| GOT A BAD TEMPER | 1 |
| GOT A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER AND BEGGING SOMEBODY TO KNOCK IT OFF | 1 |
| GOT A GROUCH ON | 1 |
| GOT A GRUDGE AGAINST THE WORLD | 1 |
| GOT A HAIR CROSSED | 1 |
| GOT A MEAN DISPOSITION | 1 |
| GOT A PROBLEM | 1 |
| GOT AN AWFUL TEMPER | 1 |
| GOT HIS STINGER OUT | 1 |
| GOT OUT OF BED ON THE WRONG SIDE | 1 |
| GOT PROBLEMS | 1 |
| GROUCH ON | 1 |
| GROUCH-POT | 1 |
| GROUCHY | 1 |
| GRUDGE-BEARER | 1 |
| GRUMPY CHARACTER | 1 |
| HABITUAL BITCHER | 1 |
| HABITUAL GRIPER | 1 |
| HABITUAL GROUCH | 1 |
| HARD ONE TO GET ALONG WITH | 1 |
| HARD TO PLEASE | 1 |
| HAS INDIGESTION | 1 |
| HAS TO HAVE AN ALIBI | 1 |
| HE HAS A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER | 1 |
| HEADACHE | 1 |
| HIS FEELINGS ON HIS SLEEVE | 1 |
| HOODOO | 1 |
| HUNTS A FIGHT | 1 |
| HUNTS TROUBLE | 1 |
| IRRITABLE | 1 |
| ITCHING FOR A FIGHT | 1 |
| JUST LOOKING FOR IT | 1 |
| LIKE A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF | 1 |
| LINT-PICKER | 1 |
| LOOKING FOR A QUARREL | 1 |
| LOOKING FOR A SCRAP | 1 |
| LOOKING FOR A SPAT | 1 |
| LOOKING FOR CHIPS | 1 |
| LOOKING FOR EXCUSES | 1 |
| LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO STEP ON HIS TOES | 1 |
| LOUSE | 1 |
| MAD AT THE WHOLE WORLD | 1 |
| MAN HUNTING FOR TROUBLE | 1 |
| MEAN OLD CUSS | 1 |
| MEAN PERSON | 1 |
| MISCHIEF-MAKER | 1 |
| MISFIT | 1 |
| MISTER MCGUFFEY | 1 |
| MOODY PERSON | 1 |
| NASTY | 1 |
| NEEDS TO BE TAMED | 1 |
| NICK-PICKER | 1 |
| NIT-PICKING | 1 |
| NON-COOPERATIVE | 1 |
| NUISANCE | 1 |
| OBSTINATE STREAK | 1 |
| OLD CRANK | 1 |
| OLD SO-AND-SO | 1 |
| OLD SOREHEAD | 1 |
| ON THE PECK | 1 |
| OVER-EXUBERANT | 1 |
| OWLY | 1 |
| OWLY PERSON | 1 |
| PERPETUAL BITCHER | 1 |
| PERPETUAL GRIPER | 1 |
| PERPETUAL GROUCH | 1 |
| PERSECUTION COMPLEX | 1 |
| PESTIMIST | 1 |
| PICAYUNISH | 1 |
| PICK | 1 |
| PICKY | 1 |
| PILL | 1 |
| POOR SLANT ON LIFE | 1 |
| POOR SPORT | 1 |
| PRICK | 1 |
| PROFESSIONAL BITCHER | 1 |
| QUARRELSOME PERSON | 1 |
| QUEER PERSON | 1 |
| QUICK TO FLY OFF THE HANDLE | 1 |
| QUICK-TEMPERED | 1 |
| RABBLE-ROUSER | 1 |
| SAD SACK | 1 |
| SADIST | 1 |
| SCROOGE | 1 |
| SHIT-ASS | 1 |
| SMART-ALECK | 1 |
| SMELLS SOMETHING BAD | 1 |
| SON-OF-A-BITCH | 1 |
| SORE LOSER | 1 |
| SORE THUMB | 1 |
| SORE-ASS | 1 |
| SPITE OF SOME KIND | 1 |
| SPOILER | 1 |
| SULKIN’ | 1 |
| SUSPICIOUS | 1 |
| TEMPERAMENTAL | 1 |
| THIN-SKINNED | 1 |
| THREAT | 1 |
| TOUCHY CUSTOMER | 1 |
| TROUBLE-SHOOTER | 1 |
| TROUBLESOME | 1 |
| TRYING TO PICK A FIGHT | 1 |
| TRYING TO PICK AN ARGUMENT | 1 |
| UNPLEASANT | 1 |
| VERY TEMPERED | 1 |
| WAITING FOR A QUARREL | 1 |
| WANTS TO QUARREL | 1 |
| WARTHEAD | 1 |
| WET BLANKET | 1 |
| WORRIER | 1 |
| WORRY-HUNTER | 1 |
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