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 denied his No 10 had been a toxic place to work, and said bad-tempered exchanges between advisers showed "naturally self-critical" people anxious to do their best, even adding it was "creatively useful".

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

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

The game began innocuously enough but became increasingly bad-tempered, with the home side angered at having to replace goalkeeper Christian Abbiati following a clash with Crouch in the box.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2023

“Will he indeed? Well, you tell King Thingummy if you should bump into him again, that you’ve met Matthias the Warrior, and I don’t kill that easily, my bad-tempered little friend.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques