| Ill-tempered 1. (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome. 2. (a.) Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. Thesaurus Entries bad-tempered, crabbed, dyspeptic, fractious, hot-tempered, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, irritable, peevish, petulant, querulous, rusty, shrewish, snappish, sour, surly, vixenish, waspish | ![]() |