Of a person who acts annoyed or disappointed you might say, “Because she couldn’t go, she’s been ________ all day.”
| POUTING | 416 |
| SULKING | 226 |
| GROUCHY | 75 |
| FRETTING | 42 |
| MOPING | 42 |
| MOODY | 37 |
| SULKY | 26 |
| POUTY | 22 |
| MAD | 21 |
| SULLIN’ | 20 |
| GRUMPY | 19 |
| STEWING | 17 |
| PEEVISH | 15 |
| UPSET | 15 |
| NR | 14 |
| ORNERY | 13 |
| CRABBY | 12 |
| CRANKY | 12 |
| CRYING | 11 |
| GLOOMY | 11 |
| BITCHING | 10 |
| MOPING AROUND | 10 |
| CROSS | 9 |
| UGLY | 9 |
| BLUE | 8 |
| BROODING | 8 |
| IN THE DUMPS | 8 |
| BITCHY | 7 |
| DISAGREEABLE | 7 |
| DOWN IN THE DUMPS | 7 |
| FUSSING | 7 |
| GRIPING | 7 |
| OUT OF SORTS | 7 |
| PEEVED | 7 |
| DEPRESSED | 6 |
| MISERABLE | 6 |
| SWELLED UP | 6 |
| UNHAPPY | 6 |
| WHINING | 6 |
| BELLYACHING | 5 |
| PUFFED UP | 5 |
| SORE | 5 |
| CRABBING | 4 |
| DOWN | 4 |
| DOWNHEARTED | 4 |
| FUSSY | 4 |
| IN A BAD MOOD | 4 |
| SOUR | 4 |
| ANGRY | 3 |
| CONTRARY | 3 |
| DOWN IN THE MOUTH | 3 |
| GLUM | 3 |
| HARD TO GET ALONG WITH | 3 |
| IRRITABLE | 3 |
| MEAN | 3 |
| MOPEY | 3 |
| OWLY | 3 |
| PISSED OFF | 3 |
| BRUTZING | 2 |
| COMPLAINING | 2 |
| DOWNCAST | 2 |
| GRUFFY | 2 |
| GRUMBLING | 2 |
| HAD A MAD ON | 2 |
| NASTY | 2 |
| PUT OUT | 2 |
| SAD | 2 |
| SPUNKING | 2 |
| SULKING AROUND | 2 |
| SULLED | 2 |
| SULLEN | 2 |
| SURLY | 2 |
| UNBEARABLE | 2 |
| VERY UNHAPPY | 2 |
| WORRYING | 2 |
| ACTING RUDE | 1 |
| ALL STEWED UP | 1 |
| A-POUTING | 1 |
| BAWLING | 1 |
| BELLIGERENT | 1 |
| BLOWED UP | 1 |
| BOOHOOING | 1 |
| BULLING | 1 |
| BULLING AROUND | 1 |
| BURNED UP | 1 |
| CANTANKEROUS | 1 |
| CRANKY WITH EVERYBODY | 1 |
| CROSS AS A BEAR | 1 |
| DAMN GRUMPY | 1 |
| DIFFICULT | 1 |
| DISAPPOINTED | 1 |
| DISGRUNTLED | 1 |
| DISMAL | 1 |
| DOG IN THE MANGER | 1 |
| DOWN AND OUT | 1 |
| DROOPY | 1 |
| EATING MULLIGRUBS | 1 |
| EVIL | 1 |
| FEELING BAD | 1 |
| FEELING SORRY FOR HERSELF | 1 |
| FIT TO BE TIED | 1 |
| FLUSTERED | 1 |
| FOUL | 1 |
| FRACTIOUS | 1 |
| FRETFUL | 1 |
| FRETTING AND STEWING | 1 |
| FROWNING | 1 |
| FURIOUS | 1 |
| GLOOMING | 1 |
| GOOFING | 1 |
| GRIEVING | 1 |
| GROUCHING | 1 |
| HAD HER LIP STUCK OUT | 1 |
| HARD | 1 |
| HASN’T BEEN RIGHT | 1 |
| HORRIBLE | 1 |
| ILL-HUMORED | 1 |
| ILL-TEMPERED | 1 |
| IMPOSSIBLE | 1 |
| IN A BAD HUMOR | 1 |
| IN A BITCHY MOOD | 1 |
| IN A BLACK MOOD | 1 |
| IN A FOG | 1 |
| IN A FUNK | 1 |
| IN A SHELL | 1 |
| IN A VILE MOOD | 1 |
| IN BAD HUMOR | 1 |
| INSUFFERABLE | 1 |
| KIND OF MAD | 1 |
| LETTING HER LIP HANG DOWN | 1 |
| LOW | 1 |
| MEAN TEMPERED | 1 |
| MEANER THAN A CAT | 1 |
| MISPUT | 1 |
| MOANING | 1 |
| MOONING | 1 |
| MOPING ABOUT | 1 |
| MORBID | 1 |
| NAUGHTY | 1 |
| NOT SOUR | 1 |
| NUISANCE | 1 |
| OBSTINATE | 1 |
| OFF BEAT | 1 |
| OFF HER FEED | 1 |
| ON HER HIGH HORSE | 1 |
| ON THE POUTS | 1 |
| ORNERY AS THE DEVIL | 1 |
| OUT OF SNUFF | 1 |
| PINING | 1 |
| POKING HER LIP OUT | 1 |
| POPPING OFF | 1 |
| POUTING AROUND | 1 |
| PUTTING ON AIRS | 1 |
| QUARRELSOME | 1 |
| QUIET | 1 |
| RAISING NED | 1 |
| RATTLING | 1 |
| SHUCKED UP | 1 |
| SICK | 1 |
| SNARLY | 1 |
| SNIVELING | 1 |
| SORE-HEADED | 1 |
| STEWING AROUND | 1 |
| STORMY | 1 |
| STUBBORN | 1 |
| SULLIN’ UP | 1 |
| SUNK | 1 |
| THROWING A FIT | 1 |
| TICKED OFF | 1 |
| UNFIT TO LIVE WITH | 1 |
| UNSETTLED | 1 |
| UP IN THE AIR | 1 |
| VERY UNPLEASANT | 1 |
| WEEPY | 1 |
| WITHDRAWN | 1 |
| WORKED UP | 1 |
| WORRIED | 1 |
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