Somebody who is usually mean and bad tempered: “He’s an awful ________.” [Early QRs: Somebody who is usually in a bad temper: . .]
| GROUCH | 543 |
| CRAB | 118 |
| CRANK | 100 |
| STINKER | 31 |
| BORE | 30 |
| MEANIE | 25 |
| BULLY | 24 |
| NR | 22 |
| CROSSPATCH | 20 |
| GRUMP | 20 |
| SOURPUSS | 19 |
| DEVIL | 12 |
| PEST | 12 |
| SOREHEAD | 11 |
| BITCH | 7 |
| HATEFUL PERSON | 7 |
| HOTHEAD | 7 |
| MEAN | 7 |
| PAIN IN THE NECK | 7 |
| BASTARD | 6 |
| MEAN PERSON | 6 |
| PAIN | 6 |
| BEAR | 5 |
| CRABBY | 5 |
| GROUCHY | 5 |
| NUISANCE | 5 |
| OGRE | 5 |
| ORNERY | 5 |
| ORNERY CUSS | 5 |
| ORNERY PERSON | 5 |
| BEAST | 4 |
| CHARACTER | 4 |
| OLD GROUCH | 4 |
| AGGRAVATING | 3 |
| BOOR | 3 |
| CRANKY | 3 |
| DISPOSITION | 3 |
| EVIL PERSON | 3 |
| GRIPE | 3 |
| GRIPER | 3 |
| HATEFUL | 3 |
| MEAN GUY | 3 |
| MEAN MAN | 3 |
| NASTY PERSON | 3 |
| RASCAL | 3 |
| SCROOGE | 3 |
| ALWAYS FINDING FAULT | 2 |
| CANTANKEROUS | 2 |
| COMPLAINER | 2 |
| CURMUDGEON | 2 |
| CUSS | 2 |
| DISAGREEABLE PERSON | 2 |
| FUSSBUDGET | 2 |
| GROUCH-BOX | 2 |
| GRUMPY | 2 |
| HIGH-STRUNG | 2 |
| ILL-TEMPERED | 2 |
| JERK | 2 |
| KILLJOY | 2 |
| LOUSE | 2 |
| MEAN BASTARD | 2 |
| OLD CRAB | 2 |
| OLD MEANIE | 2 |
| PAIN IN THE ASS | 2 |
| PILL | 2 |
| PRICK | 2 |
| SKINFLINT | 2 |
| SON-OF-A-BITCH | 2 |
| UGLY | 2 |
| WET BLANKET | 2 |
| WITCH | 2 |
| AGGRAVATER | 1 |
| ALWAYS CROSS | 1 |
| ALWAYS LOOKING ON THE DARK SIDE | 1 |
| APE | 1 |
| AWFUL CRANKY | 1 |
| AWFUL HIGH-STRUNG | 1 |
| AWFUL MEAN | 1 |
| AWFULLY EVIL | 1 |
| AWFULLY ILL-NATURED | 1 |
| BAD CHARACTER | 1 |
| BAD DOG | 1 |
| BAD NEWS | 1 |
| BAD-TEMPERED FELLOW | 1 |
| BAD-TEMPERED MAN | 1 |
| BANDIT | 1 |
| BIRD | 1 |
| BLACK-HEART | 1 |
| BLUSTERY OLD MAN | 1 |
| BORING | 1 |
| BOTHER | 1 |
| BOY | 1 |
| BRAT | 1 |
| BROWBEATER | 1 |
| BRUTE | 1 |
| BRUTISH | 1 |
| BULL | 1 |
| BULL OF THE WOODS | 1 |
| BULL-HEAD | 1 |
| CAD | 1 |
| CANTANKEROUS INDIVIDUAL | 1 |
| CANTANKEROUS OLD BASTARD | 1 |
| CANTANKEROUS OLD SO-AND-SO | 1 |
| CAT | 1 |
| CHRONIC GROUCH | 1 |
| CONTRARY-TEMPERED PERSON | 1 |
| CRAB APPLE | 1 |
| CRABBIER | 1 |
| CRABBY PERSON | 1 |
| CRACKPOT | 1 |
| CRANK-POT | 1 |
| CRIMINAL | 1 |
| CROOK | 1 |
| CROSS | 1 |
| CRUDE | 1 |
| CUSSES A LOT | 1 |
| DAMN FOOL | 1 |
| DANGEROUS | 1 |
| DANGEROUS PERSON | 1 |
| DEMON | 1 |
| DIRTY FELLOW | 1 |
| DISAGREEABLE | 1 |
| DISAGREEABLE SORT | 1 |
| “EVEN-TEMPERED, HE’S ALWAYS MAD” | 1 |
| EVIL | 1 |
| FANATIC | 1 |
| FELLA | 1 |
| FLIPTY PERSON | 1 |
| FOOL | 1 |
| FOREVER OUT OF TEMPER | 1 |
| FRACTIOUS | 1 |
| FUD | 1 |
| FUSSER | 1 |
| GOT A MEAN TEMPER | 1 |
| GROUCHY FELLOW | 1 |
| GROUCHY OLD GUY | 1 |
| GROUCHY PERSON | 1 |
| GRUFF | 1 |
| GRUNT | 1 |
| HAIR-TRIGGER | 1 |
| HARD NUMBER | 1 |
| HARD TO GET ALONG WITH | 1 |
| HAS AN AWFUL DISPOSITION | 1 |
| HELLCAT | 1 |
| HE’S HIGH-TEMPERED | 1 |
| HIGH-STRUNG PERSON | 1 |
| HIGH-TEMPERED | 1 |
| HIGH-TEMPERED FELLOW | 1 |
| HIGH-TEMPERED GUY | 1 |
| HOLY TERROR | 1 |
| HOTHEADED | 1 |
| HOT-TEMPERED | 1 |
| HOT-TEMPERED PERSON | 1 |
| ILL-MANNERED | 1 |
| ILL-NATURED | 1 |
| ILL-TEMPERED MAN | 1 |
| ILL-TEMPERED PERSON | 1 |
| IN A BAD MOOD | 1 |
| IN AN AWFUL MOOD | 1 |
| IN BAD TEMPER | 1 |
| JUST PLAIN BAD-TEMPERED | 1 |
| LOW | 1 |
| LOWDOWN | 1 |
| MEAN AND ORNERY | 1 |
| MEAN AS HELL | 1 |
| MEAN AS THE DEVIL | 1 |
| MEAN AS THE DICKENS | 1 |
| MEAN FELLOW | 1 |
| MEAN OLD BASTARD | 1 |
| MEAN OLD CUSS | 1 |
| MEAN OLD GUY | 1 |
| MEAN ONE | 1 |
| MEAN SON-OF-A-BITCH | 1 |
| MEAN-DISPOSITIONED | 1 |
| MEANER THAN PURSLEY | 1 |
| MEAN-TEMPERED BASTARD | 1 |
| MISERABLE PERSON | 1 |
| MISERABLE WRETCH | 1 |
| MOUSER | 1 |
| MUTT | 1 |
| NAG | 1 |
| NASTY | 1 |
| NASTY BORE | 1 |
| NOTHING GROWS RIGHT IN THE GARDEN FOR HIM | 1 |
| NUT | 1 |
| OAF | 1 |
| OBNOXIOUS CHARACTER | 1 |
| OLD BAG | 1 |
| OLD DEVIL | 1 |
| OLD POT | 1 |
| OLD SCROOGE | 1 |
| OLD SOREHEAD | 1 |
| OLD WITCH | 1 |
| ONE TO MEET | 1 |
| ORNERY CUSTOMER | 1 |
| ORNERY OLD HETCHEL | 1 |
| ORNERY OLD SON-OF-A-GUN | 1 |
| ORNERY SOUL | 1 |
| OVERBEARING | 1 |
| PERSON | 1 |
| PESSIMIST | 1 |
| PICKER | 1 |
| PISS ANT | 1 |
| PISS-POT | 1 |
| PLAIN OLD DEVIL | 1 |
| POT | 1 |
| POUT | 1 |
| RAINS NEVER FALL RIGHT | 1 |
| RAT | 1 |
| RATHER OVERBEARING | 1 |
| READY TO FIGHT | 1 |
| READY TO KILL | 1 |
| REGULAR BEAR | 1 |
| REGULAR OLD GROUCH | 1 |
| REVENGEFUL DISPOSITION | 1 |
| ROGUE | 1 |
| ROTTEN EGG | 1 |
| ROUGH | 1 |
| ROUGH CAT | 1 |
| ROUGH ONE | 1 |
| S.O.B. | 1 |
| SCREWBALL | 1 |
| SCROUGE | 1 |
| SHIT-ASS | 1 |
| SHREW | 1 |
| SKUNK | 1 |
| SMART-ASS | 1 |
| SNAKE | 1 |
| SNEAK | 1 |
| SNOT | 1 |
| SON-OF-A-GUN | 1 |
| SORE-TAIL | 1 |
| SOUR OLD THING | 1 |
| SPOILSPORT | 1 |
| STINK | 1 |
| SURLY PERSON | 1 |
| TEASE | 1 |
| TEMPERED MAN | 1 |
| TOUGH | 1 |
| TOUGH BASTARD | 1 |
| TOUGH GUY | 1 |
| TROUBLE-HUNTER | 1 |
| TYRANT | 1 |
| UGLY PERSON | 1 |
| VICIOUS | 1 |
| VIPER | 1 |
| WEINIE | 1 |
| WICKED | 1 |
| WORRYWART | 1 |
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