- ill-tempered adj
- Q: What kind of personality did the badly forged sword have? A: Ill-tempered.
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ill-tempered adj
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ill-tempered — adj formal 1.) easily made angry or impatient = ↑bad tempered 2.) an ill tempered meeting, argument etc is one in which people are angry and often rude to each other ▪ Six players were sent off in an ill tempered game … Dictionary of contemporary English
ill-tempered — [adj] irritable annoyed, bad tempered, bearish, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cross, crotchety, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, moody, nasty, quick tempered, sharp, snappy, sour, spiteful, surly, testy, touchy, vicious; concepts 401,403 … New thesaurus
ill-tempered — ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as ill tempered, you mean they are angry or hostile, and you may be implying that this is unreasonable. [FORMAL] He sounded like an ill tempered child... It was a day of tense and often ill tempered debate … English dictionary
ill-tempered — [il′tem′pərd] adj. having or showing a bad temper; quarrelsome; sullen; irritable * * * ill tem·pered (ĭlʹtĕmʹpərd) adj. Having a bad temper; irritable. illʹ temʹpered·ly adv. * * * … Universalium
ill-tempered — [il′tem′pərd] adj. having or showing a bad temper; quarrelsome; sullen; irritable … English World dictionary
ill-tempered — adj ill humored, cross, irascible, choleric, splenetic; crabby, crabbed, cranky, grouchy, grumpy, cantankerous, crotchety, crusty; irritable, touchy, testy, thin skinned, waspish, peevish, petulant; moody, sulky, sullen, dour, gloomy, sullen,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
ill-tempered — ill′ tem′pered adj. cvb irritable; cranky; disagreeable • Etymology: 1600–05 … From formal English to slang
ill temper — ill tempered, adj. ill temperedly, adv. ill temperedness, n. bad or irritable disposition. [1595 1605] * * * … Universalium
ill — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (usu. predic.; often foll. by with) out of health; sick (is ill; was taken ill with pneumonia; mentally ill people). 2 (of health) unsound, disordered. 3 wretched, unfavourable (ill fortune; ill luck). 4 harmful (ill… … Useful english dictionary
ill-natured — [adj] bad tempered catty, churlish, crabbed, crabby, cross, crotchety, cussed*, dirty*, disagreeable, disobliging, dyspeptic, hot tempered, ill humored, irritable, malevolent, malicious, mean, nasty, ornery*, perverse, petulant, spiteful, sulky,… … New thesaurus
