adj. 25B6; adjective BAD-TEMPERED, irascible, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, tetchy, testy, crusty, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, peevish, cross, fractious, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, short-tempered; informal snappish, snappy, chippy, short-fused; Brit. informal shirty, stroppy, narky, ratty; N. Amer. informal cranky, ornery, soreheaded; Austral./NZ informal snaky.
good-natured, affable.