ill humor
Bad-tempered state
Ill humor is a bad mood or irritable temperament.
Someone in ill humor is cross, peevish, or disagreeable: He woke in ill humor and snapped at everyone.
The term sounds somewhat old-fashioned; modern speakers more often say bad mood or foul mood.
The adjective form is ill-humored.
Sullenly ill-humored
- sulkyMoody and silently resentful
- sullenSilently bad-tempered
- moodyProne to sullenness
- sourSharp, biting taste
glum · dour · brooding · disgruntled · out of sorts · foul mood · black mood · in a funk
Easily provoked to annoyance
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- peevishHabitually fretful
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
petulant · irascible · choleric · crotchety · fractious · querulous · splenetic · bilious
Bad-tempered and unfriendly
- churlishIll-mannered and rude
- bearishExpecting market decline
- acerbicSharp and biting
- curtAbruptly rude in speech
brusque · unfriendly · disagreeable · unpleasant · hostile · resentful · bitter · scowling
morose
Sullenly ill-humored
sour · glum · dour · brooding · disgruntled · out of sorts · foul mood · black mood · in a funk · low spirits
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- peevishHabitually fretful
testy · petulant · irascible · choleric · crotchety · fractious · querulous · splenetic · bilious · dyspeptic
surly
Bad-tempered and unfriendly
curt · brusque · unfriendly · disagreeable · unpleasant · hostile · resentful · bitter · scowling · frowning
- displeasuredispleasure, dissatisfaction, discontent, annoyance, irritation
- grumpinessgrumpiness, crankiness, moodiness, sullenness, grouchiness
ill humorgood humor
Cheerful, friendly temperament
cheerfulness · good cheer · high spirits · merriment · joviality
ill humorwarmth
Heat you feel
geniality · affability · cordiality · amiability · friendliness
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