ill-tempered 
adjective
Irritable or grumpy.My dad was usually a passive-aggressive person, only when my mother pushed certain buttons did he tend to get irritated and ill-tempered....
- All the indicators pointed towards a decent game of football although the game's early spell was fractious and ill-tempered.
- His problem was rather the reverse, namely that he became aggressive, ill-tempered and moody.
Synonyms
bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, ill-humoured, moody;
in a (bad) mood, cross, as cross as two sticks, annoyed;
irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, crotchety, touchy, crusty, thin-skinned, scratchy, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, peevish, fractious, waspish, shrewish, prickly, peppery, sharp, pettish;
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
Derivatives
ill-temperedly
- But he should have discussed the problem with me, instead of ill-temperedly announcing a decision.