About The Word Ill-tempered
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Ill-tempered
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What's The Definition Of Ill-tempered?
[adj] perversely irritable
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ill-tempered: bad-tempered | crabbed | crabby | cross | fussy | grouchy | grumpy | ill-natured Related Terms | Find terms related to Ill-tempered: bad-tempered | crabbed | dyspeptic | fractious | hot-tempered | huffy | ill-humored | ill-natured | irritable | peevish | petulant | querulous | rusty | shrewish | snappish | sour | surly | vixenish | waspish See Also | Ill-tempered In Webster's Dictionary \Ill`-tem"pered\, a.
1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful;
quarrelsome.
2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.]
So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall
catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt
away. --Pepys.
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