overbearing, neurotic, pushy, bossy, uptight, doting, incommunicative, paranoid, unloving, shrewish, headstrong, whiny, domineering, possessive, unaffectionate, henpecked, doltish, oedipal complex, judgmental, resentful, untrusting, oversensitive, neglectful, overemotional, jealous, priggish, prissy, grownup, clingy, meddlesome, uncommunicative, agoraphobic, hypochondriacal, nosy, naggy, scatterbrained, unlikable, unsympathetic, overcautious, egotistical, standoffish, maladjusted, vengeful, nurturant, unlikeable, obsessive, mouthy, tenderhearted, crabby, neurasthenic, cranky, dislikable, timid, harpy, flighty, insufferable, obnoxious, ornery, oversexed, distractible, effeminate, egocentric, hypercritical, manipulative, spinsterish, hotheaded, overdramatic, narcissistic, overzealous, coldhearted, dimwitted, tyrannical, cuckolded, conceited, shyer, codependent, inattentive, brattish, grandparental, moony, motherly, solicitous, fatherly, tomboyish, fretful, introverted, hysterical, unsupportive, snobbish, uncaring, slacker, petulant, condescending, overtired, overindulgent, rebellious, arrogant, impetuous, lovey, cloying, insecure, unfeminine, nurturing, abusive, supportive, authoritarian, extroverted, perfectionistic, dysfunctional, submissive, workaholic, adoptive, aggressive

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