bad-tempered
Use Bad-tempered in a sentence
pərd adjective
cross; cranky; surly; ill-tempered: a bad-tempered person.
Origin:
1920–25
1920–25
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| bad-tempered | |
| —adj | |
| angry, irritable, or ungracious | |
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Bad-tempered
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example sentences
Next year's five-yearly treaty review already looks likely to turn into a bad-tempered huddle.
It was a bad-tempered season, although fights now are not as bad as they once were.
The smugglers may feel increasingly bad-tempered, too.
And to think it all started with a gentle mouse, a bad-tempered duck and seven mixed-up dwarfs.
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