Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a bad temper; irritable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Distempered; disordered.
- Having a bad temper; morose; crabbed; petulant; surly; cross.
- Synonyms See
ill-natured .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of bad temper; grouchy; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
- adjective obsolete Unhealthy; ill-conditioned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
ill temper ; being in a badmood .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective annoyed and irritable
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Examples
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So it's discouraging to read this outdated and ill-tempered column in such a well-respected newspaper.
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Last season, during that preposterous and ill-tempered let-down of a mini-series they met in the final – which Madrid won – and this quarter-final could effectively be seen as this year's edition.
Real Madrid v Barcelona – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg 2012
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Fiske the writer is definitely an ill-tempered grouch, obsessed with meaningless distinctions.
Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar 2009
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Be it a moment of zen, an epiphany, a vision, or even an ill-tempered chinese food inflicted dream, I've seen what's been shrouded carefully behind you… ahead of me.
End of Daze Jim Ward 2011
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But a series of ill-tempered and evasive interviews left Weiner in an even more uncomfortable position.
Weinergate limps on as congressman adds new wrinkle | Richard Adams 2011
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They were foul smelling, ill-tempered beasts, but for crossing the desert, there were few better.
Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009
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Uefa subsequently announced various charges against Mourinho, Madrid and Barça following the ill-tempered clash, while Barça also reported Mourinho to European football's governing body regarding his comments.
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A typical review from the Yelp website observed: "But what really made the place so "entertaining—and entertaining really is the right word—were the incredibly ill-tempered wait staff.
Eatery Closes After Decades-Long Family Spat Josh Barbanel 2011
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They were foul smelling, ill-tempered beasts, but for crossing the desert, there were few better.
Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009
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Real Madrid's manager José Mourinho was pelted with objects as he made his way down the tunnel at Valencia after his side had survived a late penalty appeal in an ill-tempered 3-2 win which consolidated their league leadership.
La Liga round-up: José Mourinho pelted after Real win at Valencia 2011
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