Definition of ill-humoured in English:

ill-humoured

adjective ˌɪlˈhjuːməd

Bad-tempered; irritable.
a querulous and ill-humoured little man
Example sentencesExamples
- I tried to understand the ill-humored nonchalance that had overtaken me.
- He turned an ill-humored eye toward Younge, who sat further down the table pouring over the treasury accounts.
- It is ill-humored in some places.
- Now when the ill-humored husband spied Lennie's wide smile, his temper boiled over.
- The two continued conversing when an ill-humored Olivia came upon them.
- It's not exactly ill-humored, but you can't really call it jolly fun, either.
- There are open-air fruit sellers, women "strong as mules, hard as stone, ill-humored."
- My time has been taken up with appeasing the whims of a very impertinent and ill-humored stallion.
- A notorious spot featuring an ill-humored grandmother was universally panned.
- She shifted her eyes to Frederick, whose ill-humored reaction to Olivia's slight was quite evident.
Synonyms
bad-tempered, ill-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, in a (bad) mood, cross, as cross as two sticks
irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, crotchety, touchy, thin-skinned, scratchy, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, peevish, fractious, waspish, prickly, peppery, pettish, shrewish
grumpy, grouchy, crabbed, crabby, disagreeable, volatile, splenetic, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained
informal snappish, snappy, chippy, on a short fuse, short-fused
British informal shirty, stroppy, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head
North American informal cranky, ornery, peckish, soreheaded
Australian/New Zealand informal snaky
informal, dated waxy, miffy

单词	ill-humoured
释义	Definition of ill-humoured in English: ill-humoured adjective ˌɪlˈhjuːməd Bad-tempered; irritable. a querulous and ill-humoured little man Example sentencesExamples I tried to understand the ill-humored nonchalance that had overtaken me. He turned an ill-humored eye toward Younge, who sat further down the table pouring over the treasury accounts. It is ill-humored in some places. Now when the ill-humored husband spied Lennie's wide smile, his temper boiled over. The two continued conversing when an ill-humored Olivia came upon them. It's not exactly ill-humored, but you can't really call it jolly fun, either. There are open-air fruit sellers, women "strong as mules, hard as stone, ill-humored." My time has been taken up with appeasing the whims of a very impertinent and ill-humored stallion. A notorious spot featuring an ill-humored grandmother was universally panned. She shifted her eyes to Frederick, whose ill-humored reaction to Olivia's slight was quite evident. Synonyms bad-tempered, ill-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, in a (bad) mood, cross, as cross as two sticks irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, crotchety, touchy, thin-skinned, scratchy, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, peevish, fractious, waspish, prickly, peppery, pettish, shrewish grumpy, grouchy, crabbed, crabby, disagreeable, volatile, splenetic, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained informal snappish, snappy, chippy, on a short fuse, short-fused British informal shirty, stroppy, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head North American informal cranky, ornery, peckish, soreheaded Australian/New Zealand informal snaky informal, dated waxy, miffy
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