listening, audition, perceiving, earshot, attention, heed, awareness, comprehension, understanding, reception, sense, detection, monitoring, overhearing, eavesdropping, auscultation, auditory percepti... [more]
irritable - peevish - ill-tempered - choleric - dyspeptic - splenetic - crabby - cranky - grumpy - testy - petulant - querulous - cross - surly - fractious - waspish - snappish - cantankerous - grouchy - bad-tempered - tetchy - touchy - irascible - snappy - prickly - churlish - sullen - morose - sour - dour - moody - fretful - pettish - crabbed - ill-humored - ill-natured - short-tempered - quick-tempered - hot-tempered - liverish - splenic
The term 'bilious' is often used to describe someone who appears to be ill-tempered, irritable, or nauseous, often in a way that's metaphorically associated with the liver or bile production. It can also describe symptoms that are related to excessive bile production in the body, such as vomiting or digestive discomfort.