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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bad-tem-perd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbædˌtɛm pərd |
Definition of bad-tempered
- adj perversely irritable
- Knowles was not bad-tempered, but he was a frequent cause of bad temper in other people.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- And he was so bad-tempered that the other giants called him Sharvan the Surly.
- Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy
- He's a bad-tempered brute, and I wonder the squire keeps it.
- Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
- He was determined not to be bad-tempered, and smiled good-naturedly.
- Extract from : « Bird of Paradise » by Ada Leverson
- My grandfather's horse was lean, hardy, and bad-tempered like himself.
- Extract from : « Mauprat » by George Sand
- We are a bad-tempered pair, and we behave rather like fishwives when we are in a rage.
- Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- But I shan't tell it at all if I hear you've been bad-tempered.
- Extract from : « Yonder » by Emily Hilda Young
- At the club it seemed to him that most of the men were sulky and bad-tempered.
- Extract from : « The Exiles of Faloo » by Barry Pain
- She was a vain, bad-tempered, irresolute, deceitful old woman.
- Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
- Bad-tempered at the best, a bull-moose is a devil unchained in September.
- Extract from : « Wild Folk » by Samuel Scoville
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