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You can use it to describe someone's temperament when they are easily irritated or angered. For example, "The judge was known for having an ill-tempered disposition and often passed harsh sentences on the accused."
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ill-tempered
adjective
Having ill temper; being in a bad mood.
Exact(56)
But these were ill-tempered questions.
Sometimes she is unforthcoming and ill-tempered.
It makes you rotten, ill-tempered and cranky.
Go now, before ill-tempered queues start to form.
They did and an ill-tempered series ensued.
An ill-tempered, sometimes violent husband and his despairing wife.
Its aliens are unruly, ungrateful, slovenly and ill-tempered.
Much of Saturday night's match was ill-tempered.
Similar(3)
Anti Semite, racist, bigot, ill tempered jerk.
Not to mention emblematic of a sometimes ill tempered contest.
Fognini, an Italian who was seeded 30th, was ill tempered throughout the match.
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