n
Grumpiness, irritability, melancholy, moroseness.
adj
(of mood or disposition, dialectal or archaic) Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed
n
irritability or surliness
adj
Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.
adj
Alternative spelling of bad-tempered [Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.]
adj
Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.
adj
Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite.
adj
(Southern US, dated) fidgety, meddlesome
adj
Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
adj
Surly; malignant; cantankerous.
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
adj
bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
n
A person with a choleric temperament.
adj
(Britain) Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.
n
Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
adj
Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
adj
Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
adj
Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
adj
(informal) cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered
adj
Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
n
(countable, figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.
adj
Slightly cross or irritable.
n
Alternative form of curmudgeonry [Behaviour characteristic of a curmudgeon; surly ill temper.]
adj
Synonym of curmudgeonly
adj
Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish
adj
Synonym of curmudgeonly
n
Behaviour characteristic of a curmudgeon; surly ill temper.
adj
(figuratively, comparable) Irritable or morose.
adj
Easily offended and ready to bicker.
adj
Tempestuous or emotionally volatile.
adj
(informal) In, or tending to be in, a chaotically upset temper.
adj
Synonym of bad-tempered
n
A peevish or cranky nature.
adj
Alternative form of frampold [(England, regional) Bad-tempered, angry, disagreeable.]
adj
(England, regional) Bad-tempered, angry, disagreeable.
n
Abbreviation of frenetic random activity period, synonym of zoomies.
adj
(UK, informal) Irritable or argumentative.
adj
Irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish.
adj
(Britain) froward, peevish, offensive to the eye or nose
n
Frumpish appearance or behaviour.
adj
(dialect, dated) grumpy; sullen; gloomy
adj
(informal) Possessing the qualities of a grinch; grouchy; being a killjoy.
adj
(dated, fandom slang) Tending to complain; irritable.
n
(informal) A case of grouchiness; a state of being grouchy, irritable, easily angered.
adj
(originally university slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
adj
(chiefly northern US) Angry or surly, sulky.
adj
(in appearance, speech, manner, etc.) Rough or surly.
n
(informal) A grumpy mood.
adv
In a grumpy manner; in a cranky manner.
adj
surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy
adj
(obsolete) fierce; stormy
adj
Easily angered; having a short temper.
n
Alternative form of heebie-jeebies [(informal) A general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea.]
n
Alternative form of heebie-jeebies [(informal) A general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea.]
n
Alternative form of heebie-jeebies [(informal) A general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea.]
adj
(US, regional) Waspish; irascible.
adj
Alternative spelling of hotheaded [Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.]
n
(derogatory) One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights.
adj
Easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy.
adj
Irritable in a surly manner.
adj
Synonym of bad-tempered: easily or characteristically angered.
adj
Synonym of bad-tempered.
adj
(rare) Angry; irritable
adj
Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
adj
(informal, of a person) aggravated; annoyed; irritated
adj
(figuratively) Temperamentally rough.
adj
(obsolete) snappish; peevish
adj
grumpy; prone to peevish exasperation
adj
(informal) Easily irritated or offended.
adj
Obsolete form of miffy. [(informal) Easily irritated or offended.]
adj
(obsolete) sullen; displeased
adj
Synonym of naggy (“prone to nag”)
adj
Bad-tempered, especially about trivial details.
adj
(US, particularly Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of ornery. [(Appalachia) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable.]
adj
Pronunciation spelling of ornery, representing Southern United States English. [(Appalachia) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable.]
adj
(Appalachia) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable.
adj
In a bad mood; cranky.
adj
(colloquial) Having thin or sharp features, as from sickness; sickly; peaky.
adj
(colloquial) irritable; crotchety
adj
Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious.
adj
Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous.
adj
(slang) peevish; sulky or irritable
n
A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
adj
Obsolete form of peevish. [Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross.]
adj
Obsolete form of peevish. [Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross.]
adj
(slang, vulgar) Anal retentive, whinging and pernickety.
adj
(Britain) Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish.
n
(derogatory) smug self-satisfaction and a lack of interest in the affairs of others
adj
Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger.
adj
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
adj
Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.
adj
slightly short-tempered
adj
Easily aggravated; tending to get riled up.
n
(bodybuilding) Uncontrollable anger or violent behavior resulting from the use of anabolic steroids.
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) headstrong; rash
adj
(slang) Irritated, annoyed, angry, bitter, bitchy.
adj
(US slang, dated) Irritated, annoyed, soured.
adj
(dated) bashful; sheepish
n
(idiomatic) The personality trait of being quick to anger.
n
(idiomatic) The personality trait of being quick to anger.
adj
Easily angered; frequently losing one's temper.
adj
Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.
adj
Irritable (particularly in a condescending way), snippy.
adj
snippy; irritable; short-tempered.
adj
irritable; impatient; short-tempered.
n
A temper; a lack of patience; a bad mood.
adj
Irritable; ill-tempered
adj
(informal) Agitated or annoyed.
adj
(idiomatic) Young and arrogant or conceited.
adj
(informal) Ill-tempered or impertinent in an arrogant, conceited manner.
adj
Alternative spelling of snot-nosed [(idiomatic) Young and arrogant or conceited.]
adj
(obsolete, Scotland) Sulky; angry; vexed.
adj
Having a tendency to be angry or irritable, easily offended; like a sorehead.
n
One who is grumpy, negative, and bad-tempered.
n
(informal) A person who is habitually gloomy, sullen or miserable; a grouch. A scowling person.
adj
Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
adj
Alternative form of splenetic [Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.]
adj
Obsolete form of splenetic. [Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.]
adj
(colloquial) Apt to start in fright; skittish; shy; said especially of a horse.
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to a dunghill
adj
(archaic, slang) Having periods of irritation or bad temper.
adj
(US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
n
(informal) A peevish person; one who is inclined to sulk.
adj
Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of tetchy. [Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figuratively) extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.]
adj
of, or relating to a tantrum; displaying childish behavior or experiencing an episode of bad temper
adj
Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of tetchy. [Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figuratively) extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.]
adj
(colloquial, UK, Cornwall) Irritable or angry.
adj
Alternative form of tettish [(obsolete) captious; testy]
n
Any fit of bad temper, especially kicking, screaming or deliberately holding the breath.
n
A tendency to become irritable or angry.
adj
Easily annoyed, irritable.
adj
Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figuratively) extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.
adj
(obsolete) captious; testy
adj
(obsolete) testy; irritable
adj
(idiomatic) Overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy
adj
Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
adj
Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant.
adj
(informal) Easily offended; apt to be annoyed.
adj
Quick to anger; irascible.
n
Alternative form of tizzy (“state of excitement or distress”) [(colloquial) A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.]
adj
(of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive.
adj
(figuratively) irritable, cranky
adj
(nonce word) grumpy, ill-tempered
adj
(figuratively) Irritable, easily upset.
adj
(regional, colloquial) Angry.
adj
Having a pale face, as from fear.
adv
(informal) In a wussy manner.
adj
(UK dialectal) Having a rough, dry taste.
adj
(West Country, Exmoor) Synonym of bad-tempered.
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