noun
1. an irritable petulant feeling
• Syn: ↑irritability, ↑fretfulness, ↑fussiness, ↑peevishness, ↑petulance, ↑choler
• Derivationally related forms: ↑petulant (for: ↑petulance), ↑peevish (for: ↑peevishness), ↑fussy (for: ↑fussiness), ↑fretful (for: ↑fretfulness), ↑irritable (for: ↑irritability)
• Hypernyms: ↑ill humor, ↑ill humour, ↑distemper
• Hyponyms: ↑testiness, ↑touchiness, ↑tetchiness, ↑pet
2. a disposition to be ill-tempered
• Syn: ↑crabbiness, ↑crabbedness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cross, ↑crabbed (for: ↑crabbedness), ↑crabby (for: ↑crabbiness)
• Hypernyms: ↑ill nature
Useful english dictionary. 2012.