bad-tempered
Example Sentences
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He chose that particular name because “it conjured up someone old-fashioned and bad-tempered lamenting the state of the world through the window of a London club while clutching his glass of port.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
He would shout and get bad-tempered when things did not go right, Lajmi said.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2025
The film follows Pansy as she navigates various everyday situations with her bad-tempered approach.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024
In Nigeria, for example, a small and bad-tempered snake called the West African carpet viper is responsible for most of the country's bites.
From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2023
A moody man, often competent, bad-tempered, wealthy, aspires to a place in Richmond society, frets and broods and fights with superiors.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
