acrimonious
angry/bitter in speech & debate
audacious
bold, daring, willing to take risks
bereft
deprived of or lacking something
callow
inexperienced and immature
despondent
in a state of sadness or loss of hope
elegiac
having a mournful quality or expressing sorrow
irascible
easily provoked to anger or irritable
lugubrious
looking or sounding sad and dismal
obstreperous
noisy and difficult to control
petulant
childishly sulky or bad-tempered
saturnine
gloomy, dark, or moody in temperament
surreptitious
kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of