adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As Aunt Matilde's pain grew worse, she became too bad-tempered to see anyone.
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Her father was a bad-tempered man who sat alone drinking beer and watching TV most nights.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A thin, bad-tempered breeze blew sand into our faces and whipped up under my skirt.
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He's usually the most charming of men to work for, but just lately ... talk about bad-tempered .
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He was as cranky as a bad-tempered goat, always putting his head down and charging into things that annoyed him.
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In fact, she was a very selfish, disagreeable, bad-tempered little girl.
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It had no effect whatsoever, except to leave her feeling battered and thoroughly bad-tempered .
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Meredith had only time to see that she was expensively dressed, sharp-featured and bad-tempered in looks.
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The rough clientele of the pub, understanding nothing except that a formerly bad-tempered dispute was being amicably resolved, cheered noisily.