ill-tempered

adjective

1. showing bad temper; irritable

Other Word Forms

• ill-temperedly adverb

Example Sentences

In the Dodgers’ World Series run last season, Treinen was as vicious as an ill-tempered Doberman, going 2-0 with three saves, a 2.19 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings.

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According to journalist Michael Tackett's account in his new McConnell biography “The Price of Power,” the legendary Kentucky senator also described Trump as “stupid” and “ill-tempered.”

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For starters, this contest has been – to put it mildly – ill-tempered.

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There was no shortage of heat in this ill-tempered debate, but both sides shone very little light on policy.

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The chancellor and shadow chancellor will face off in the Commons later for the first time since that ill-tempered exchange.

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Related Words

• cantankerous 
• grumpy 
• irascible 
• testy