bad-tempered
91cantankerous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cross, ill natured. See irascibility. Ant., pleasant, good natured. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. peevish, quarrelsome, grouchy; see critical 2 , irritable , mean 3 , obstinate . III (Roget s 3… …
92crabbed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. crabby, ill tempered, irascible, surly, growly, cross, peevish; cramped, illegible, squeezed. See irascibility, unintelligibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sour tempered] Syn. grouchy, peevish,… …
93cross — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rood, crucifix; crosspiece, cross mark, X, ex; gibbet; bur den, trial, trouble, adversity, affliction; hybrid, mixture, crossbreed; half caste, half breed; (cap.) Christianity, the Church, Gospel. v.… …
94grouchy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., informal, cross, sharp, sulky, testy, grumpy, gruff, sullen, ill tempered, sour, out of sorts. See irascibility, discontent.Ant., good humored. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. surly, ill tempered,… …
95nasty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. foul, filthy; distasteful, disgusting, horrid; dirty; nauseating, loathsome; indecent, obscene; ill tempered, disagreeable, dangerous. See uncleanness, impurity, discourtesy. II (Roget s IV) modif.… …
96surly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sullen, morose, churlish, gruff, uncivil. See discourtesy.Ant., courteous, civil. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. morose, testy, crabby; see irritable , sullen . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bad… …
97testy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. irritable, irascible, petulant, cross; ornery (inf.), tetchy (dial.). See irascibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. grouchy, touchy, peevish; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …
98snappish — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cross, angry, touchy; see irritable . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. irritable, cross, short tempered, touchy, testy, crabby, grouchy, quick tempered, waspish, peevish, *short fused, edgy. ANT.: easygoing, good… …
99ornery — adj Informal. 1. cantankerous, surly, irascible, iracund, crabbed, crabby; ill natured, unfriendly, obnoxious, choleric; ill tempered, bad tempered, short tempered, quick tempered; brusque, peppery, crusty, grumpy, grouchy, dyspeptic, bearish,… …
100perverse — adj 1. contrary, contradictory, Archaic. contrarious, froward, contumacious, cross grained, seditious, refractory, querulous; wayward, disobedient, intransigent, wrong headed; troublesome, vexatious, difficult; wild, unruly, unmanageable,… …
