noun
a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
• Ant: ↑good nature
• Hypernyms: ↑disposition, ↑temperament
• Hyponyms:
↑crabbiness, ↑crabbedness, ↑crossness, ↑crankiness, ↑crotchetiness, ↑contrariness, ↑grumpiness, ↑sulkiness, ↑sullenness, ↑moroseness, ↑sourness, ↑temper, ↑biliousness, ↑irritability, ↑peevishness, ↑pettishness, ↑snappishness, ↑surliness, ↑impatience, ↑shrewishness, ↑asperity, ↑sharpness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.