ill-tempered
4
5.7
- adjective
- /ˌɪlˈtɛmpərd/
:
malhumorado
- After a long day, she became ill-tempered and snapped at her friends.
Examples
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For no other reason than I'm a mean, ill-tempered old man who hates to lose.
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Quite an ill-tempered fellow.
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And this made us ill-tempered with each other, less than loving.
Fiction book (1996) -
Who else will accept someone as strong-willed and ill-tempered as you?
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The dog was small, but muscular and somewhat ill-tempered.
Fiction book (1999) -
The truth was that the horses were fatty and ill-tempered, and the pool's water had a suspicious odor.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm the one who's the ill-tempered brute, but he gets all the blame.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now Mason was known in the area as a notoriously ill tempered man, an alcoholic with a sadistic streak.
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Short-haired, long-legged, and ill-tempered, these are the nastiest of all the big bears.
Fiction book (2002) -
Just before departure, Captain Spask granted a short, rather ill-tempered interview to the media, wherein he exuded a blend of confidence and contempt.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
117
4.2
Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry
76
1.7
Easily annoyed and in a bad mood
32
3.7
Quick to become annoyed or angry
32
7.2
Easily annoyed and quick to get angry
24
5.4
Feeling easily annoyed and in a bad mood
22
8.5
Being bad-tempered and stubborn, often hard to deal with
19
3.9
Easily annoyed and often in a bad mood
18
9.6
Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood
9
8.6
Gets angry easily and often argues with people
5
5.1
Quick to become angry
5
8.6
Quick to become angry, often at small things
4
4.2
Quick to get angry or easily annoyed
3
9.5
Often bad-tempered and easily annoyed, like a grumpy older person
3
3.5
Quick to get angry or annoyed
1
6.0
To become angry quickly and easily
1
9.6
Quick to become angry and often bad-tempered
1
2.2
Feeling slightly angry or annoyed
1
9.9
Easily become angry and say harsh things
1
9.8
Easily annoyed and likely to argue or be unhelpful
1
9.9
Quick to become angry or take offense
1
7.0
Being often in a bad mood and unfriendly
1
8.6
Annoyed and easily upset so you speak in a short angry way
Being easily annoyed and often unkind to others
Becoming easily annoyed and acting in a bad-tempered way
Being bad-tempered and easily offended
Antonyms
How Irritable
- Formal
5
8.6
4
4.2
4
5.7
32
3.7
117
4.2
3
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ill-tempered comes from the prefix ill- meaning 'bad' and temper meaning 'mood', as in the phrase 'lose your temper', so it describes someone in a 'bad mood' who is easily annoyed.