crankier
Increasingly short-tempered lately
Crankier is the comparative form of cranky—more irritable, grouchy, or ill-tempered than usual or than someone else: The baby gets crankier when she's tired.
He's even crankier than his father was.
Prone to outbursts
- snappishShort-tempered, biting
- peevishHabitually fretful
- petulantChildishly bad-tempered
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
testy · fractious · touchy · tetchy · choleric · short-tempered · crotchety · cross
Bad-tempered and uncooperative
- surlyBad-tempered and unfriendly
- sullenSilently bad-tempered
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
- churlishIll-mannered and rude
sulky · discontented · glum · sour · dour · moody · brooding · gloomy
Unable to be still
- antsyRestlessly eager or nervous
- fidgetyNervously unable to settle
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
- eagerIntensely wanting something
hasty · brusque · rushed · tense · anxious · fretful · querulous · whiny
Slightly angered or bothered
- frustratedAnnoyed by obstacles
- exasperatedIntensely irritated, patience gone
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
- botheredAnnoyed or disturbed
disgruntled · displeased · vexed · peeved · nettled · perturbed · ruffled · miffed
irascible
Prone to outbursts
cantankerous · testy · fractious · touchy · tetchy · choleric · short-tempered · crotchety · cross · edgy
curmudgeonly
Bad-tempered and uncooperative
churlish · sulky · discontented · glum · sour · dour · moody · brooding · gloomy · crabbed
restless
Unable to be still
- antsyRestlessly eager or nervous
- fidgetyNervously unable to settle
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
eager · hasty · brusque · rushed · tense · anxious · fretful · querulous · whiny · demanding
irritated
Slightly angered or bothered
- frustratedAnnoyed by obstacles
- exasperatedIntensely irritated, patience gone
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
bothered · disgruntled · displeased · vexed · peeved · nettled · perturbed · ruffled · miffed · chafed