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Antonyms for bad tempered

Grammar : Adj
Spell : bad-tem-perd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbædˌtɛm pərd


Definition of bad tempered

  • As in mean : adj hostile, rude
  • As in peevish : adj irritable, testy
  • As in perverse : adj mean, ornery; troublesome
  • As in petulant : adj crabby, moody
  • As in quarrelsome : adj being disagreeable
  • As in short : adj abrupt, discourteous
  • As in sullen : adj brooding, upset
  • As in testy : adj irritable, touchy
  • As in touchy : adj easily offended
  • As in truculent : adj belligerent, hateful
  • As in crabby : adj irritable
  • As in cantankerous : adj difficult, crabby
  • As in bad-tempered : adj perversely irritable
  • As in bitchy : adj spiteful
  • As in crabbed : adj ill-tempered
  • As in tetchy : adj testy
  • As in crabby/crabbed : adj in a bad mood
  • As in crotchety : adj irritable, often due to old age
  • As in disgruntled : adj unhappy; critical
  • As in grumpy : adj in a bad mood
  • As in ill-tempered : adj irritable
Example sentences :
  • Do you know you are as bad tempered as Klopstock, the carpenter?
  • Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty
  • She is unhappy, worse and worse each day; and so bad tempered.
  • Extract from : « Where Deep Seas Moan » by E. Gallienne-Robin
  • Mawshininewugizzi, is bad tempered, both having their plural in wug.
  • Extract from : « The Indian in his Wigwam » by Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • But you will be kind to me, Eddie—and not mind if Im fretful and bad tempered.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Craddock » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • These spoiled animals are, for the most part, old and bad tempered.
  • Extract from : « The Dog » by Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson
  • Ugly should never be used in the sense of bad tempered or vicious.
  • Extract from : « Word Study and English Grammar » by Frederick W. Hamilton
  • To be angry, bad tempered and to think unkindly are all harmful to one's health and destroy a great part of one's happiness.
  • Extract from : « The Canadian Girl at Work » by Marjory MacMurchy
  • Mawshininewugizzi, is "bad tempered," both having their plural in wug.
  • Extract from : « Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
  • He has invariably misapprehended them, and is more suspicious, revengeful, and bad tempered than any Indian I ever knew.
  • Extract from : « Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
  • In sows this weakness is still more unfortunate, as a bad tempered sow is almost invariably an indifferent mother.
  • Extract from : « The Pig » by Sanders Spencer

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