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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
ill-humored is an adjective meaning "brusque and surly and forbidding". It carries one recorded sense.
brusque and surly and forbidding
“crusty remarks”
“a crusty old man”
“his curmudgeonly temper”
“gruff manner”
“a gruff reply”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ill-humored come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.