1) (of an old person) bad-tempered (crotchety)

2) (of a speaker, voice, person's manner etc) quick, impolite and bad-tempered (curt)

3) (of a person) irritable; bad-tempered (fractious)

4) a little bad-tempered (grumpy)

5) to be / become bad-tempered (huff)

6) to frown; look bad-tempered (lour)

7) gloomy; bad-tempered (morose)

8) an act of performing; a bad-tempered act etc (performance)

9) (to make) a bad-tempered expression (scowl)

10) a small animal like a mouse that feeds on insects; a bad-tempered woman (shrew)