ill-tempered Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
    crabby; grouchy; crabbed; cross; bad-tempered; grumpy; fussy.

WordNet

Ill`-tem"pered adjective
Definitions
  1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
  2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. Obs.
    So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. Pepys.

Webster 1913