ill temper
noun
bad or irritable disposition.
ill-temperedly
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a word derived from
ill temper.
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a word derived from
ill-tempered.
ill-temperedadjectiveshowing bad temper; irritable
Example Sentences
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Pemberton, in the act of stalking ill-temperedly away, turned bewildered to regard the miracle.
From The Madigans by Orson Lowell
He spoke more ill-temperedly than I had ever heard him.
From My Little Sister by Elizabeth Robins
The police were disposed to make light of his assistance, while Hood hung back to support the grocer’s cause, a generosity on his part that was received ill-temperedly by the officers of the law.
From The Madness of May by Frederic Dorr Steele
One prisoner ill-temperedly kept her foot on a sort of little bed-gown of coarse woollen cloth.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 by Eugène Sue
Nelson noted countless armed and unarmed warriors hurrying to and fro, desperately intent on reaching their various posts, and snarling ill-temperedly as they elbowed their fellows aside.
From Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Harry Bates
