Ill-tempered. Obsolete. rare.

in a jeer, (?) in a huff, in a pet. Obsolete.

in suds (†in suds, in the sud): chiefly in to lieor be in the suds; to lay, leave in the suds. In the sulks; in the blues. dialect.

‘sick of the sullens’, ill from ill-humour.

in the pouts, in a (also the) pout: in a pouting or sulky mood.

out of sorts. Not in the usual or normal condition of good health or spirits; in a low-spirited, irritable, or peevish state, esp. through physical…

Of persons, their dispositions, actions, etc.. Ill-tempered, peevish, petulant; in an irritable frame of mind, out of humour, vexed. (colloquial).

Out of humour or spirits, ‘put out’; ‘not quite right’. Obsolete.

Offended, out of temper; huffed.

(also attributive in sulking-room = boudoir, n.).

like a bear with a sore head and variants: used of a person who is very irritable, sullen, or bad-tempered. Frequently in comparisons, as in as c…

= A.

Irritable or out of temper ‘like a bear with a sore head’; discontented, dissatisfied.