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Antonyms for badtempered
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : bad-tem-perd |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbædˌtɛm pərd |
- accepting
- adequate
- affable
- agreeable
- amiable
- bright
- calm
- certain
- cheerful
- clean
- collected
- compassionate
- compliant
- cooperative
- courteous
- decent
- easy
- easy-going
- easygoing
- enough
- extreme
- firm
- forgiving
- friendly
- generous
- gentle
- good
- good-humored
- good-natured
- grinning
- happy
- high
- insensitive
- joyful
- kind
- laid-back
- large
- lengthy
- long
- mild
- moderate
- moral
- nice
- noble
- obedient
- patient
- pleasant
- pleasing
- polite
- reasonable
- safe
- sensitive
- stable
- strong
- sufficient
- sure
- sweet
- sympathetic
- tall
- tame
- thick
- unabridged
- unflappable
- unselfish
- upright
- willing
Definition of badtempered
- 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 grumpy : adj in a bad mood
- As in ill-tempered : adj irritable
Synonyms for badtempered
- abnormal
- abusive
- acid
- acrid
- acrimonious
- aggressive
- angry
- annoyed
- antagonistic
- argumentative
- atrabilious
- awkward
- bad-tempered
- barbarous
- bearish
- bellicose
- belligerent
- blunt
- brawling
- breviloquent
- brief
- browbeating
- brusque
- brutal
- bullying
- bundle of nerves
- callous
- cantankerous
- capricious
- captious
- carping
- cat-and-dog
- cattish
- catty
- caustic
- caviling
- cheerless
- childish
- choleric
- chuffy
- churlish
- combative
- complaining
- contemptible
- contentious
- contradictory
- contrary
- contumacious
- contumelious
- corrupt
- cowing
- crabbed
- crabby
- cranky
- critical
- cross
- cross-grained
- crotchety
- crusty
- crybaby
- curmudgeonly
- curt
- cussed
- cynical
- dangerous
- defiant
- degenerate
- delicate
- delinquent
- depraved
- despicable
- despiteful
- deviant
- dicey
- difficult
- direct
- dirty
- disagreeable
- disgruntled
- dishonorable
- dismal
- disobedient
- displeased
- disputatious
- dissatisfied
- dissentious
- dogged
- dour
- down
- dull
- eccentric
- edgy
- erring
- evil
- exasperated
- excitable
- fault-finding
- ferocious
- fierce
- fiery
- formidable
- fractious
- fretful
- fretting
- frightening
- frowning
- gladiatorial
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- griping
- grouchy
- grousing
- growling
- gruff
- grumbling
- grumpy
- hard
- hard-nosed
- harsh
- hasty
- hateful
- have chip on shoulder
- hazardous
- headstrong
- heavy
- hostile
- hotheaded
- huffy
- hypersensitive
- ignoble
- ill-humored
- ill-natured
- ill-tempered
- impassioned
- impatient
- impolite
- inconsiderate
- inert
- infamous
- inhuman
- inhumane
- intimidating
- intractable
- intransigent
- invective
- irascible
- irritable
- jumpy
- knavish
- litigious
- liverish
- lousy
- low-down and dirty
- malevolent
- malicious
- malign
- malignant
- mean
- militant
- misanthropic
- miscreant
- moody
- mordacious
- mordant
- morose
- mulish
- mumpish
- nasty
- nasty-tempered
- nefarious
- obdurate
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- odd
- offhand
- ogre
- opprobrious
- ornery
- out of sorts
- out-of-sorts
- overbearing
- oversensitive
- passionate
- peevish
- peppery
- perfidious
- pertinacious
- perturbable
- perverse
- pesky
- pessimistic
- pettish
- petulant
- pigheaded
- pouting
- pouty
- precarious
- prickly
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- queer
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- rebellious
- refractory
- risky
- rotten
- rough
- ructious
- rude
- rugged
- saturnine
- savage
- scathing
- scrappy
- scurrilous
- self-willed
- sensitive
- shameless
- sharp
- short-spoken
- short-tempered
- silent
- sinking
- snappish
- snappy
- snarly
- snide
- snippety
- snippy
- somber
- sour
- sourpussed
- spiteful
- splenetic
- straight
- stubborn
- stuffy
- sulking
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- tart
- temperamental
- tempestuous
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- terrifying
- terrorizing
- terse
- testy
- tetchy
- the lowest
- thin-skinned
- thoughtless
- ticklish
- touch
- touchy
- tough
- treacherous
- trenchant
- tricky
- troublesome
- truculent
- trying
- turbulent
- ugly
- unceremonious
- uncivil
- unfriendly
- ungracious
- unhealthy
- unmanageable
- unpleasant
- unpredictable
- unreasonable
- unruly
- unsafe
- unscrupulous
- unsociable
- unusual
- unyielding
- uptight
- venomous
- vexatious
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- vindictive
- vinegarish
- vinegary
- violent
- vituperative
- vituperous
- volatile
- war
- waspish
- waspy
- wayward
- whining
- whiny
- wicked
- willful
- wired up
- wound up
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