Found 2 items, similar to ill-tempered.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ill-tempered ill-tempered adj : perversely irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [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]