adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Feeling thoroughly ill-tempered gave one energy, she thought, as she started on the dust and cobwebs in the salon.
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He felt very uneasy about entering this dark building with an ill-tempered stranger.
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In an ill-tempered game Grimandi struck Simeone after having his shirt pulled.
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In the morning Bicker was ill-tempered when he was told of the latest addition to the company, but Ratagan was pleased.
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She was a big ill-tempered animal cowed by a presence more threatening and a temper more volatile than her own.
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She would not cry over such an overbearing, ill-tempered brute.
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So must it be an inconclusive, ill-tempered parting between the friends?
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Wexford's reply was an ill-tempered snort.