ILL-TEMPERED


Meaning of ILL-TEMPERED in English

adjective

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Feeling thoroughly ill-tempered gave one energy, she thought, as she started on the dust and cobwebs in the salon.

He felt very uneasy about entering this dark building with an ill-tempered stranger.

In an ill-tempered game Grimandi struck Simeone after having his shirt pulled.

In the morning Bicker was ill-tempered when he was told of the latest addition to the company, but Ratagan was pleased.

She was a big ill-tempered animal cowed by a presence more threatening and a temper more volatile than her own.

She would not cry over such an overbearing, ill-tempered brute.

So must it be an inconclusive, ill-tempered parting between the friends?

Wexford's reply was an ill-tempered snort.

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