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| | Ill-tempered | a. 1. Of bad temper; grouchy; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Syn. -- crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall
catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt
away. --Pepys.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-tempered
adj 1: annoyed and irritable [syn: {crabbed}, {crabby}, {cross},
{fussy}, {grouchy}, {grumpy}, {bad-tempered}, {ill-
tempered}]
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