adj. 25B6; adjective BAD-TEMPERED, short-tempered, irascible, tetchy, testy, touchy, grumpy, grouchy, moody, crotchety, in a (bad) mood, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-humoured, peevish, cross, fractious, pettish, crabby, waspish, prickly, splenetic, dyspeptic, choleric; informal on a short fuse; Brit. informal shirty, stroppy, ratty; N. Amer. informal cranky, ornery, peckish; Austral./NZ informal snaky.
good-humoured.