ill-tempered
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Adjective (1)
- annoyed and irritableSynonyms: crabbedcrabbycrossfussygrouchygrumpybad-temperedOpposite good-naturedSimilar ill-natured
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ill′-tem′pered adjective
1. Of bad temper; grouchy; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome. Syn. — crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered.
2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. obsolete
So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away.— Pepys.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54