bad-tempered
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In the sometimes bad tempered live BBC1 TV debate, the calls for the leaders to fully publish their spending plans were greeted with a round of applause by the studio audience.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
The end of this marathon trial has been marked by bad tempered exchanges between the judges and Charles Taylor's defence team.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2011
"We were suitably impressed and pronounced that he was Damien Hirst not the bad tempered Chelsea footballer to which he wrote 'yes!' at the bottom of the sketch."
From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2010
Goals from Brehme and Klinsmann helped decide a bad tempered tie between two of international football's greatest rivals.
From Newsweek • Jul. 10, 2010
Often, during heavy rain, they seemed irritable and bad tempered.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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