bad-tempered

[bad-tem-perd]

adjective

1. cross; cranky; surly; ill-tempered.

   a bad-tempered person.

bad-tempered

adjective

1. angry, irritable, or ungracious

Word History and Origins

Origin of bad-tempered¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

But responding to the committee's conservative president, who had just rebuked him in a bad-tempered opening to the hearing, Sanchez fired back that "I think this is a circus."

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He would shout and get bad-tempered when things did not go right, Lajmi said.

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In a bad-tempered session at the Covid inquiry, the former health secretary repeatedly criticised the line of questioning describing it as "naive", "hostile" and "inappropriate".

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On paper, it might sound like fun for an actor to play such a juicy, bad-tempered character.

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The film follows Pansy as she navigates various everyday situations with her bad-tempered approach.

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