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 ]