ill humor

noun

: a disagreeable mood marked by surliness and irritability : crossness

was in an ill humor and sulked

ill-humored

ˈ⸗¦⸗⸗

adjective

ill-humoredly

ˈ⸗¦⸗⸗⸗

adverb

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