Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ill-tempered \Ill`-tem"pered\, a.
   1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful;
      quarrelsome.

   2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.]

            So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall
            catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt
            away.                                 --Pepys.

Source : WordNet®

ill-tempered
     adj : perversely irritable [syn: {crabbed}, {crabby}, {cross}, {fussy},
            {grouchy}, {grumpy}, {bad-tempered}]