Antonyms for bad-tempered

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bad-tem-perd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbædˌtɛm pərd

Definition of bad-tempered

adj perversely irritable

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for bad-tempered

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