ill-tempered

ill-tempered
    adj 1: annoyed and irritable [syn: {crabbed}, {crabby}, {cross},
           {fussy}, {grouchy}, {grumpy}, {bad-tempered}, {ill-
           tempered}]
    

Ill-tempered \Ill`-tem"pered\, a.
   1. Of bad temper; grouchy; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish;
      fretful; quarrelsome.

   Syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy,
        grumpy, bad-tempered.
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   2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.]
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            So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall
            catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt
            away.                                 --Pepys.
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19 Moby Thesaurus words for "ill-tempered":
      bad-tempered, crabbed, dyspeptic, fractious, hot-tempered, huffy,
      ill-humored, ill-natured, irritable, peevish, petulant, querulous,
      rusty, shrewish, snappish, sour, surly, vixenish, waspish