ill temper
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of ill temper
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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This one also involves a prominent woman of wealth and ill temper who is surrounded by people who want her money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
During a long country weekend, however, the hosts’ energetic hospitality betrays an edge, mainly to do with Paddy’s mercurial, insistent personality and flashes of ill temper toward Ant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
Part of the ill temper was produced by the death of Bobby Kennedy only two and a half months earlier.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2018
His ill temper only deepened when we reached Sinjar.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2016
Her son laughed at his mother’s ill temper.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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