Synonyms of the word

ill-natured

• adj. Having a bad nature, whether.

atrabilious

• adj. (medicine, obsolete) Having an excess of black bile.
• adj. Characterized by melancholy.
• adj. Ill-natured; malevolent; cantankerous.

bad-tempered

• adj. Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.

bilious

• adj. Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, thus making one ill-natured.
• adj. Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
• adj. Irritable or bad tempered; irascible.

bristly

• adj. Covered with bristles.
• adj. Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.

cantankerous

• adj. Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature; ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.

choleric

• adj. (according to theories of the four humours or temperaments) Having a temperament characterized by an excess…
• adj. Showing or expressing anger.
• adj. Of or relating to cholera (infectious disease).
• adj. (obsolete) Causing an excess of choler.
• n. A person with a choleric temperament.
• n. A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).

churlish

• adj. Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
• adj. Rude, surly, ungracious.
• adj. Stingy or grudging.
• adj. (of soil) Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.

crabbed

• adj. Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
• adj. Cramped, bent.
• adj. (of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of crab.

crabby

• adj. visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault…
• adj. crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.

cranky

• adj. (obsolete) Weak, unwell.
• adj. (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition; shaky.
• adj. Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.
• adj. Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
• adj. (archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.

cross

• n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least…
• n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese…
• n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute…
• n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
• n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
• n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a…
• n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
• n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other.
• n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
• n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
• n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
• n. (soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
• n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place…
• n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross).
• n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross…
• n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
• n. A line drawn across or through another line.
• n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
• n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
• n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
• adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
• adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
• adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
• adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
• adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
• prep. (archaic) across.
• prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
• v. To make or form a cross.
• v. To move relatively.
• v. (social) To oppose.
• v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
• v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited…

crotchety

• adj. Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.

crusty

• adj. Having a crust, especially a thick one.
• adj. (figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign…
• adj. Of very low quality; inferior.
• n. (chiefly Britain) A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
• n. (slang) Dried eye mucus.
• n. (chiefly Britain) A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment…

curmudgeonly

• adj. Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish.

currish

• adj. Pertaining to a cur or mongrel.
• adj. (now rare) Ignoble, mean-spirited.

dark

• adj. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
• adj. (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
• adj. Hidden, secret, obscure.
• adj. Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
• adj. Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
• adj. Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period.
• adj. With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction…
• n. A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
• n. (uncountable) Ignorance.
• n. (uncountable) Nightfall.
• n. A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.

disagreeable

• adj. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
• adj. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
• n. Something displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.

dour

• adj. Stern, harsh and forbidding.
• adj. Unyielding and obstinate.
• adj. Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.

dyspeptic

• adj. (not comparable) Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion.
• adj. (comparable) Irritable or morose.
• n. A dyspeptic person.

fractious

• adj. given to troublemaking.
• adj. irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.

fussy

• adj. Anxious or particular about petty details.
• adj. Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be ill-tempered (especially of babies).

glowering

• v. present participle of glower.
• n. The act of giving a glower.

glum

• v. (obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
• n. (obsolete) sullenness.
• adj. despondent; moody; sullen.

grouchy

• adj. (originally college slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.

gruff

• adj. having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
• adj. hoarse-voiced.
• v. To speak gruffly.

grumpy

• adj. Unhappy, dissatisfied and/or irritable.

hot-tempered

• adj. (colloquial, usually said of a person, but sometimes of an animal) Become very vocal or even violent when…

hotheaded

• adj. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.

huffish

• adj. Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.

ill-humored

• adj. having a bad temper.
• adj. irritable in a surly manner.

ill-tempered

• adj. Synonym of bad-tempered.

irascible

• adj. Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.

irritable

• adj. Capable of being irritated.
• adj. Easily exasperated or excited.
• adj. Responsive to stimuli.

liverish

• adj. Not feeling well due to an upset digestive system; queasy.

misanthropic

• adj. Hating or disliking mankind.

misanthropical

• adj. misanthropic.

misogynous

• adj. Of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny; misogynistic.

moody

• adj. Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
• adj. sulky or depressed.
• adj. dour, gloomy or brooding.
• adj. (slang) dodgy or stolen.

morose

• adj. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.

nagging

• v. present participle of nag.
• n. The action of the verb nag.
• adj. Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

nettlesome

• adj. (of a person, thing, situation, etc.) Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.
• adj. (of a task, problem, etc.) Thorny; difficult to deal with, especially due to being complex or tricky.

ornery

• adj. (Appalachia) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable.
• adj. (humorous, Southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.
• adj. (obsolete) Commonplace, inferior.

peckish

• adj. (colloquial) mildly hungry.
• adj. (colloquial) irritable; crotchety.
• adj. (colloquial) Of or pertaining to Peckham, a place in Southwark London.
• adj. (colloquial) Native to Peckham.

peevish

• adj. Constantly complaining; fretful, whining.

pettish

• adj. bad-tempered; peevish.

petulant

• adj. childishly irritable.
• adj. (obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

prickly

• adj. Covered with sharp points.
• adj. Easily irritated.
• adj. difficult, hairy, complicated.
• adv. In a prickly manner.

quick-tempered

• adj. (usually said of a person, but sometimes of an animal) Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.

saturnine

• adj. Of or born under Saturn's influence.
• adj. Containing lead, or suffering from lead poisoning (saturnia).
• adj. Having a tendency to be gloomy, bitter, and sarcastic; sullenly sardonic.
• adj. Gloomy, depressed, dull.
• adj. Cold and slow to change and react (refers to mood).

scratchy

• adj. Characterized by scratches.
• adj. (chiefly of a sore throat) Annoying, irritating, itchy.
• adj. (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result…
• adj. (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from…

shirty

• adj. (chiefly Britain, informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.

short-tempered

• adj. Easily angered; frequently losing one's temper.

shrewish

• adj. Of or pertaining to a shrew (a nagging, ill-tempered woman).

snappish

• adj. Likely to snap or bite.
• adj. Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.

snappy

• adj. (informal) Rapid and without delay.
• adj. (informal) Irritable.
• adj. (informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.
• adj. Chilly, brisk, sharp.

snorty

• adj. making a snorting sound.

sour

• adj. Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
• adj. Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
• adj. Tasting or smelling rancid.
• adj. Peevish or bad-tempered.
• adj. (of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
• adj. (of petroleum) Containing excess sulfur.
• adj. Unfortunate or unfavorable.
• adj. (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
• n. The sensation of a sour taste.
• n. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
• n. (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
• n. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
• v. (transitive) To make sour.
• v. (intransitive) To become sour.
• v. (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
• v. (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
• v. (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
• v. To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.

splenetic

• adj. Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
• adj. (biology) Related to the spleen.
• n. (archaic) A person affected with spleen.

spoiled

• v. simple past tense and past participle of spoil.
• adj. Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
• adj. (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

spoilt

• adj. (Britain) Having lost its original value.
• adj. Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
• adj. (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of spoil.

sulky

• adj. (often derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset.
• n. A low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing.
• n. Any carriage seating only the driver.

sullen

• adj. Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
• adj. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
• adj. Sluggish; slow.
• adj. (obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
• adj. (obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
• adj. (obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
• n. (obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
• n. Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.

surly

• adj. (obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
• adj. Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
• adj. Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
• adv. (obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.

techy

• adj. (informal) technical.
• adj. Obsolete form of tetchy.

testy

• adj. Easily annoyed, irritable.
• adj. Marked by impatience or ill humor.

tetchy

• adj. Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible.

ugly

• adj. Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
• adj. Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
• adj. Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
• adj. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
• adj. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
• n. (slang) An ugly person or thing.
• n. (Britain, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
• v. (transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).

unpleasant

• adj. Not pleasant.

vinegarish

• adj. Tasting somewhat like vinegar.
• adj. (figuratively) acerbic, bitter.

vinegary

• adj. sour, like vinegar.
• adj. (figuratively) acerbic, bitter.
• adj. of a liquid, having turned partially or fully to vinegar.

waspish

• adj. Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
• adj. Spiteful or irascible.