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Synonyms for ill tempered
| Grammar : Adj |
Top 10 synonyms for ill tempered Other synonyms for the word ill tempered
- acrimonious
- affronted
- angry
- animated
- annoyed
- antagonized
- ardent
- aroused
- awkward
- bad-tempered
- base
- bearish
- blue
- blunt
- brusque
- cantankerous
- capricious
- captious
- caviling
- chafed
- changeable
- choleric
- chuffy
- churlish
- cloddish
- clodhopping
- contemptible
- convulsed
- crabbed
- crabby
- crestfallen
- cross
- crotchety
- crude
- crusty
- curt
- cussed
- cynical
- despicable
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discontented
- discourteous
- dishonorable
- dismal
- displeased
- displeasing
- distracted
- doleful
- dolorous
- dour
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- eager
- embittered
- enthusiastic
- erratic
- exacerbated
- excited
- faultfinding
- ferocious
- fervent
- fervid
- fickle
- fierce
- fiery
- fitful
- flighty
- formidable
- fractious
- fretful
- frowning
- fuming
- furious
- galled
- gloomy
- glum
- grouchy
- grudging
- gruff
- grumbling
- grumpy
- hard
- hard-nosed
- harsh
- hateful
- having blue devils
- having the blahs
- heated
- hot
- hot-blooded
- hot-tempered
- huffy
- ignoble
- ill-humored
- ill-natured
- ill-tempered
- impassioned
- impatient
- impetuous
- impolite
- impulsive
- in a bad mood
- in a blue funk
- in a huff
- in the doldrums
- incensed
- indignant
- infamous
- inflamed
- infuriated
- intense
- introspective
- irascible
- irate
- ireful
- irritable
- irritated
- jaundiced
- jumpy
- knavish
- liverish
- lousy
- loutish
- low
- low-down and dirty
- lowbred
- lugubrious
- lustful
- maddened
- malicious
- malign
- mean
- melancholy
- mercurial
- misanthropic
- miserable
- miserly
- moody
- moping
- morose
- mournful
- mumpish
- nagging
- nasty
- nasty-tempered
- nettled
- oafish
- obstinate
- offended
- on edge
- ornery
- out of humor
- out of sorts
- outraged
- peckish
- peeved
- peevish
- pensive
- perfidious
- perverse
- perversive
- pesky
- pettish
- petulant
- piqued
- prickly
- provoked
- put out
- quarrelsome
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- raging
- ratty
- resentful
- riled
- rotten
- rough
- rude
- rugged
- rustic
- sad
- saturnine
- scurrilous
- shameless
- sharp
- short
- short-fused
- short-tempered
- singing the blues
- sinking
- snappish
- snappy
- snide
- snippy
- sore
- sour
- spiteful
- splenetic
- storming
- stormy
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- taciturn
- tart
- temperamental
- testy
- tetchy
- the lowest
- touch
- touchy
- tough
- treacherous
- troubled
- troublesome
- trying
- tumultous/tumultuous
- turbulent
- ugly
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- uncultured
- unfriendly
- ungenerous
- unhappy
- unmannerly
- unneighborly
- unpleasant
- unpolished
- unscrupulous
- unsociable
- uptight
- vexatious
- vexed
- vicious
- vile
- violent
- volatile
- vulgar
- waspish
- wrathful
Définition of ill tempered
- As in mean : adj hostile, rude
- As in moody : adj crabby, temperamental
- As in morose : adj depressed, pessimistic
- As in ornery : adj mean
- As in sour : adj in a bad mood
- As in crabby : adj irritable
- As in shrewish : adj evil-tempered
- As in waspish : adj snappish
- As in short-tempered : adj quick to anger
- As in churlish : adj crude, boorish
- As in crabby/crabbed : adj in a bad mood
- As in cross : adj very angry; in a bad mood
- As in angry : adj being mad, often extremely mad
- As in grouchy : adj complaining, irritable
- As in hot : adj passionate, vehement
- As in ill-tempered : adj irritable
- In due time, Orsino appeared, looking pale and ill tempered.
- Extract from : « Don Orsino » by F. Marion Crawford
- He would not set blunted or ill tempered tools to the finest work of the universe!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- The Shoshone had been successful; the Comanche was empty handed and ill tempered, jealous of the other's skill and fortune.
- Extract from : « Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete » by Charles M. Skinner
- Oh, if ever I'm disobedient or ill tempered again I ought to be severely punished.
- Extract from : « Elsie at Viamede » by Martha Finley
- I don't think I need do so, for if I am ill tempered the company politely pass me over.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Meat causes man to be peevish, ill tempered and criminal, like tobacco, alcohol and drugs.
- Extract from : « The White Spark » by Orville Livingston Leach
- The older sister rebuked the younger when putting her to bed for being cross and ill tempered throughout the day.
- Extract from : « Jokes For All Occasions » by Anonymous
- She wondered, rather, that anyone could be cross or ill tempered or evil in any way within the environment of a nature so benign.
- Extract from : « When the Cock Crows » by Waldron Baily
Antonyms for ill tempered
- agreeable
- amiable
- animated
- balanced
- bland
- bright
- calm
- cheerful
- clean
- cold
- collected
- compassionate
- complimentary
- content
- cool
- cordial
- decent
- easy-going
- easygoing
- extreme
- freezing
- friendly
- frigid
- generous
- gentle
- good
- good-humored
- good-natured
- happy
- helpful
- indifferent
- joyful
- joyous
- kind
- light-hearted
- mild
- moderate
- moral
- nice
- noble
- old
- old-fashioned
- optimistic
- out
- overjoyed
- peaceful
- placid
- pleasant
- pleased
- pleasing
- polished
- polite
- praising
- refined
- safe
- satisfied
- sensitive
- sophisticated
- sweet
- sympathetic
- tasty
- turned off
- unfeeling
- unpopular
- unselfish
- uplifted
- upright
- wonderful
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