ILL-TEMPERED Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word ill-tempered. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for ILL-TEMPERED
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bad-tempered | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • annoyed and irritable | ||||||||
crabby | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • annoyed and irritable | ||||||||
cross | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry • a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece • a marking that consists of lines that cross each other • any affliction that causes great suffering • (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species • (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids adjective satellite • extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis • annoyed and irritable verb • travel across or pass over • meet at a point • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of • fold so as to resemble a cross • to cover or extend over an area or time period • meet and pass • trace a line through or across • breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | ||||||||
grouchy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • annoyed and irritable | ||||||||
grumpy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • annoyed and irritable | ||||||||
angry | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • feeling or showing anger adjective satellite • (of the elements) as if showing violent anger • severely inflamed and painful | ||||||||
cantankerous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate • having a difficult and contrary disposition | ||||||||
cranky | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail • easily irritated or annoyed | ||||||||
irascible | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • quickly aroused to anger • characterized by anger | ||||||||
irritable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • easily irritated or annoyed • abnormally sensitive to a stimulus • capable of responding to stimuli | ||||||||
moody | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998) • United States evangelist (1837-1899) adjective satellite • showing a brooding ill humor • subject to sharply varying moods | ||||||||
peevish | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • easily irritated or annoyed | ||||||||
petulant | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • easily irritated or annoyed | ||||||||
prickly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • very irritable • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||||
short-tempered | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • quickly aroused to anger | ||||||||
sour | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • having a sharp biting taste noun • a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar • the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth • the property of being acidic adjective satellite • smelling of fermentation or staleness • one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons • in an unpalatable state • inaccurate in pitch • showing a brooding ill humor verb • go sour or spoil • make sour or more sour | ||||||||
sullen | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • showing a brooding ill humor • darkened by clouds | ||||||||
surly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace | ||||||||
testy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • easily irritated or annoyed | ||||||||
ill-natured | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having an irritable and unpleasant disposition | ||||||||