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Antonyms for ill-temper


Grammar : Noun



Definition of ill-temper

  • As in meanness : noun the quality of being mean
Example sentences :
  • Kitty: Is it my fault that my uncle and aunt are witnesses of your ill-temper?
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
  • There was beginning to be a good deal of ill-temper and swearing among us.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • If the opportunity does not come naturally, ill-temper will make one.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • I am quite ashamed of my ill-temper, and hope you'll forgive it.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • The ill-temper had lost its picturesqueness, and become worse than grotesque.
  • Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
  • He had got over his first ill-temper, and now he spoke gently.
  • Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
  • The reason for Steve's ill-temper was the receipt that morning of a letter from his father.
  • Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Indeed, I never was quite sure whether they noticed my ill-temper or not.
  • Extract from : « Cat and Dog » by Julia Charlotte Maitland
  • Mrs. Gratacap interrupted her, but without the least show of ill-temper.
  • Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
  • He was intensely anxious not to show even a trace of ill-temper.
  • Extract from : « A Young Mutineer » by Mrs. L. T. Meade

Synonyms for ill-temper

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