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ill-temper

noun as in acerbity

noun as in peevishness

Strong matches

Weak match

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Example Sentences

Does she think that I would sell myself to age, ill-temper and ugliness, for all the money in the Bank of England?

Tears dropped fast on her knitting-work; but when Tom woke up, she spoke kindly, and tried to atone for her ill-temper.

And to-day have been in a crispation of energy and ill-temper, raking my wretched mail together.

The lieutenant turned his horse, and, followed by his bodyguard, rode home in a very ill temper.

We have tried to make this article temperate, fair and free from ill temper and ill feeling.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ill-temper, such as: avarice, greed, malice, abjection, baseness, and beastliness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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