ill-humoured

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ill-humoured - brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, crusty

ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

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ill-humoured

ill-humored (US) [ˈɪlˈhjuːməd] ADJ → malhumorado

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