ill-humored

adjective

ˈil-ˈhyü-mərd How to pronounce ill-humored (audio)
Definition of ill-humorednext
as in irritable
having or showing a habitually bad temper an ill-humored person should probably not take a job that requires dealing with the public

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-humored
  1. irritable
  2. angry
  3. splenetic
  4. disagreeable
  5. cantankerous
  6. bilious
  7. ornery
  8. exasperated
Adjective
  • Every child is different, but these nine common signs could mean your child is craving more of your time and focus: Yelling Children who need more attention often become loud and irritable.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This includes going from feeling very happy, irritable, with a marked increase in activity level (mania), to feeling sad, indifferent, or hopeless with very low activity levels (depression).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of irritable
Adjective
  • Watching his massive bank of video screens with the angry mob clashing with the Raiders, there seems to be more than a hint of veracity to that intriguing statement.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • When customers are angry, representatives by nature are likely to get defensive.
    Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of angry
Adjective
  • And while there is enough splenetic wit and manic detail to generate obsessive fandom (entire sections of Web sites are dedicated to deciphering just what Kenny is mumbling), subjects like alien abduction, genetic engineering, and Kathie Lee are hardly original _targets for satire.
    Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Meanwhile, the commentator and controversialist Piers Morgan, an obsessively close observer and relentless critic of Meghan, inevitably waded in with his usual splenetic views.
    Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2022
Definition of splenetic
Adjective
  • Sometimes that means confronting disagreeable people.
    David Plazas, The Tennessean, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The most important reason to avoid obsessing over China’s disagreeable regime, however, is that this fixation threatens a core U.S. advantage: Washington’s wide network of partners and allies.
    Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2021
Definition of disagreeable
Adjective
  • Carrey portrays Ebenezer Scrooge, a cantankerous, greedy old man who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his ways.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The endearing homecoming introduces new characters including Moni (Hualalai Chung), a passionate island bard; Loto (Rose Matafeo), a quirky shipwright; Kele (David Fane), a cantankerous farmer; and Simea (Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda), Moana’s tenacious younger sister.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of cantankerous
Adjective
  • The piece ran under an illustration of a black spatula dripping sinister goblets of melting plastic, against a background of bilious green.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Not altogether surprising because the proliferation of guns and incendiary political rhetoric over the past few decades — and especially the last few bilious years — made the shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pa., seemingly just a matter of time.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024
Definition of bilious
Adjective
  • The offensive line, in Monken’s estimation, is the most talented and possibly most ornery unit he’s had at West Point, all the way down to wrestling each other to settle arguments about who’s tougher.
    Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • They’re led by John Dutton III, an ornery character who nevertheless carries the kind of gravitas that only a veteran movie star like Kevin Costner can bring.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of ornery
Adjective
  • There’s comic mileage in Gromit’s expressive eyes – ranging from exasperated to determined – as the heroic dog endeavors to save the day.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Todd and Margo are arguably the funniest part of Christmas Vacation, thanks to Guest and Louis-Dreyfus’s exasperated performances, projecting a vibe before everything was a vibe.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of exasperated
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