Ill-humoured and Short-tempered

Ill-humoured adjective - Brusque and surly and forbidding.

Short-tempered and ill-humoured are semantically related in bad-tempered topic. In some cases you can use "Short-tempered" instead an adjective phrase "Ill-humoured".

Short-tempered adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.

Ill-humoured and short-tempered are semantically related in irritable topic. Sometimes you can use "Ill-humoured" instead an adjective phrase "Short-tempered".