ill-tempered

  • 61quick-tempered — adjective quickly aroused to anger a hotheaded commander • Syn: ↑choleric, ↑irascible, ↑hotheaded, ↑hot tempered, ↑short tempered • Similar to: ↑ill natured …

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  • 62bad-tempered — adj. having a bad temper; irritable; easily annoyed. Derivatives: bad temperedly adv. * * * adj [more bad tempered; most bad tempered] : easily annoyed or angered : ↑ill tempered a bad tempered old man * * * ˌbad ˈtempered [bad tempered] …

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  • 63quick-tempered — adjective they tend to be impulsive and quick tempered Syn: irritable, irascible, hot tempered, short tempered, snappish, fiery, touchy, volatile; cross, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, grumpy, ill tempered, bad tempered, testy, tetchy, prickly …

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  • 64short-tempered — adjective don t get short tempered with me, pal! Syn: irritable, irascible, hot tempered, quick tempered, snappish, fiery, touchy, volatile; cross, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, grumpy, ill tempered, bad tempered, testy, tetchy, prickly …

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  • 65quick-tempered — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, bad tempered, choleric, churlish, excitable, hot blooded, hot tempered, ill tempered, impatient, impulsive, irascible, irritable, quarrelsome, short, short tempered, snappish, splenetic, temperamental, testy,… …

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  • 66bad-tempered — adjective Syn: irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, in a (bad) mood, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill tempered, ill humoured, peevish, cross, fractious, pettish, crabby; informal snappish, on a short fuse; Brit …

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  • 67bad-tempered — /bad tem peuhrd/, adj. cross; cranky; surly; ill tempered: a bad tempered person. [1920 25] * * * …

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  • 68bad-tempered — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having or showing a bad temper: cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy …

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  • 69equable even-tempered good-tempered placid — Good natured Good na tured, a. Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked; amiable; cheerful; not taking offense easily; as, too good natured to resent a little criticism; the good natured policeman on our block; the sounds of good natured… …

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  • 70hot-tempered — adjective quickly aroused to anger a hotheaded commander • Syn: ↑choleric, ↑irascible, ↑hotheaded, ↑quick tempered, ↑short tempered • Similar to: ↑ill natured …

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