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Thesaurus: ill-tempered

Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.

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  1. a. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
  2. a. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned.
  3. adj. annoyed and irritable
  4. 1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome. 2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.] So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. Pepys.
  5. j:100 s annoyed and irritable