Synonyms of splenetic

adjectiveBad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.

• agitated
• angry
• annoyedTroubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.
• apoplectic
• bad-temperedOf or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.
• berserk
• big madVery angry or irritated.
• blood-boilingExtremely angry; furious.
• boiling madExtremely angry; furious.
• butthurtOverly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult or injustice; needlessly offended.
• cheesed offAnnoyed, upset, angry.
• cholericOf a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry...
• cranky
• cross
• enraged
• fit to be tiedVery agitated or distressed; also, very angry; enraged, furious.
• frustrated
• fumingVery angry.
• furibund formal, literaryHaving a propensity to be furious; choleric, irate.
• furious
• fury
• hot informal
• glimflashyAngry.
• hopping madExtremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.
• ill-natured
• incensed
• infuriatedExtremely angry; furious.
• irateExtremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
• ireful
• ired
• irritated
• little madSlightly irritated or annoyed.
• lividSo angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.
• madAngry; annoyed.
• mad as a bear with a sore headVery angry.
• miffed
• offended
• pissed off vulgarVery annoyed, upset, angry.
• p'd off
• pissed vulgar
• pissy vulgarAnnoyed; angry; in a bad mood; pissed off.
• raging
• ready to be tiedSynonym of fit to be tied.
• screwfacedHaving a screwface (an angry facial expression); angry, frustrated.
• seething
• spitting chips
• soreFeeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
• steaming
• up on one's earAnnoyed, angry.
• upset
• vexed
• waxy
• wodeMad, angry, crazy, insane, possessed, rabid, furious, frantic.
• wrathfulPossessed of great wrath; very angry.
• wrothFull of anger; wrathful.
• zowerswopped dialectalSynonym of bad-tempered.
• atrabilious
• biliousPeevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.
• bitchy informal, vulgar
• brainish
• cantankerousGiven to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
• carnaptious Ireland, UKBad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy.
• crabbit ScotlandGrouchy, cantankerous.
• crabby
• crotchetyCranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.
• dyspeptic
• fantoddishIrritable.
• fiery
• fractious
• fretful
• grumpyDissatisfied and irritable.
• grotchy slangTending to complain; irritable.
• grouchyIrritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
• hissy
• hot-temperedBecoming very vocal or even violent when angered or frustrated.
• hotheadedPertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
• huffy
• humpy
• ill-temperedSynonym of bad-tempered.
• irascibleEasily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
• irritable
• liverishNot feeling well due to an upset digestive system; queasy.
• out of sorts
• ornery (chiefly US)}
• peevishQuick to become bad-tempered or cross, especially due to insignificant matters; irritable, pettish, petulant.
• pettishBad-tempered; peevish.
• petulantChildishly irritable.
• prickly
• quick-temperedEasily or quickly angered or frustrated.
• querulousOften complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
• raspy
• ratty informalAnnoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.
• short-temperedEasily angered; frequently losing one's temper.
• snappish
• snappy
• snippety
• snippishSnippy; irritable; short-tempered.
• snippy
• snitchy
• stressy
• surly
• temperamental
• testy
• tetchySynonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figurative) extremely sensitive...
• thin-skinned
• thorny
• touchy
• twitchy figuratively
• umbrageous figuratively
• volatile
• waspish
• grim obsoleteFierce, cruel, furious.
• pathetic obsoleteExpressing or showing anger; passionate.
• edgy dated
• hot-livered archaicOf an irritable temperament; irascible; easily angered.
• tetty obsoleteA diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.