ill-temperedadj.

/ˈɪlˈtɛmpəd/

Etymology: partly < ill adv. + tempered, past participle of temper v.; partly parasynthetic < ill temper + -ed suffix².

†1. Having the ‘humours’ or elements badly ‘tempered’ or mixed; having a disordered ‘temper’ or constitution; in an unhealthy condition, distempered; in quot. 1661, unwholesome. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts > of humours

humoral?a1425

humorous?a1425

cacochymic?1541

burnt1578

cacochymical1606

cacochyme1614

ill-tempereda1616

ebullient1620

sulphureous1625

cacochymious1676

dyscratic1684

dyscrasial1874

dyscrasic1874

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 169 When greefe and blood ill temper'd, vexeth him.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 67 The liver [of a hart] is very bad, and ill tempered.

1664 S. Pepys Diary 28 June (1971) V. 191 This day put on a half-shirt..it being very hot; and yet so ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afeared I shall ketch cold.

1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 135 The Paradox is a proof of an ill-tempered mind.

2. Having a bad temper; ill-conditioned; morose, cross, peevish. (In first quot. scarcely distinguishable from 1.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective]

stour1303

thwarta1325

elvishc1386

wrawc1386

wrawfulc1386

crabbeda1400

crousea1400

cursedc1400

doggeda1425

currishc1460

disagreeable1474

dour1488

thrawn1488

terne?1507

apirsmarta1522

crustyc1570

incommodious1570

bilious1571

mischievous-stomached1577

thrawn-faced1578

thrawn-mowit1578

wearisha1586

shrewish1596

rhubarbative1600

crabbish1606

ill-tempereda1616

cur-like1627

thrawn-faceda1628

terned1638

cross1639

splenial1641

frumpish1647

wry1649

bad-tempered1671

hot-tempered1673

sidy1673

ugly1687

ornery1692

cankerya1699

ramgunshoch1721

cantankerousc1736

frumpy1746

unhappy1756

grumpy1778

crabby1791

grumpish1797

thraw-gabbit18..

snarlish1813

cranky1821

stuntya1825

ill-natured1825

nattery1825

rantankerous1832

foul-tempered1835

cacochymical1836

as cross as two sticks1842

grumphy1846

knappy1855

carnaptious1858

cussed1858

three-cornered1863

snotty1870

sniffy1871

snorty1893

grouchy1895

scratchy1925

tight1950

stroppy1951

snitty1978

arsey1989

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 170 When I spoke that, I was ill temper'd too.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 64 You cross-grained, ill-tempered, good for nothing whelp.

1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. ii. 41 I could trust her well enough, cross and ill-tempered as she is.

Derivatives

ˌill-ˈtemperedly adv. in an ill-tempered manner.

ΚΠ

1894 E. F. Benson Dodo 302 Remonstrate hastily and ill-temperedly.

ˌill-ˈtemperedness n. the quality or condition of being ill-tempered (in quot. used archaically; cf. sense 1 above).

ΚΠ

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 71 The ruggedness and ill-temperedness [of a branch].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ill-tempered
释义	ill-temperedadj. /ˈɪlˈtɛmpəd/ Etymology: partly < ill adv. + tempered, past participle of temper v.; partly parasynthetic < ill temper + -ed suffix². †1. Having the ‘humours’ or elements badly ‘tempered’ or mixed; having a disordered ‘temper’ or constitution; in an unhealthy condition, distempered; in quot. 1661, unwholesome. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts > of humours humoral?a1425 humorous?a1425 cacochymic?1541 burnt1578 cacochymical1606 cacochyme1614 ill-tempereda1616 ebullient1620 sulphureous1625 cacochymious1676 dyscratic1684 dyscrasial1874 dyscrasic1874 a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 169 When greefe and blood ill temper'd, vexeth him. View more context for this quotation 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 67 The liver [of a hart] is very bad, and ill tempered. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 28 June (1971) V. 191 This day put on a half-shirt..it being very hot; and yet so ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afeared I shall ketch cold. 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 135 The Paradox is a proof of an ill-tempered mind. 2. Having a bad temper; ill-conditioned; morose, cross, peevish. (In first quot. scarcely distinguishable from 1.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective] stour1303 thwarta1325 elvishc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 crousea1400 cursedc1400 doggeda1425 currishc1460 disagreeable1474 dour1488 thrawn1488 terne?1507 apirsmarta1522 crustyc1570 incommodious1570 bilious1571 mischievous-stomached1577 thrawn-faced1578 thrawn-mowit1578 wearisha1586 shrewish1596 rhubarbative1600 crabbish1606 ill-tempereda1616 cur-like1627 thrawn-faceda1628 terned1638 cross1639 splenial1641 frumpish1647 wry1649 bad-tempered1671 hot-tempered1673 sidy1673 ugly1687 ornery1692 cankerya1699 ramgunshoch1721 cantankerousc1736 frumpy1746 unhappy1756 grumpy1778 crabby1791 grumpish1797 thraw-gabbit18.. snarlish1813 cranky1821 stuntya1825 ill-natured1825 nattery1825 rantankerous1832 foul-tempered1835 cacochymical1836 as cross as two sticks1842 grumphy1846 knappy1855 carnaptious1858 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 snotty1870 sniffy1871 snorty1893 grouchy1895 scratchy1925 tight1950 stroppy1951 snitty1978 arsey1989 a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 170 When I spoke that, I was ill temper'd too. View more context for this quotation 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 64 You cross-grained, ill-tempered, good for nothing whelp. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. ii. 41 I could trust her well enough, cross and ill-tempered as she is. Derivatives ˌill-ˈtemperedly adv. in an ill-tempered manner. ΚΠ 1894 E. F. Benson Dodo 302 Remonstrate hastily and ill-temperedly. ˌill-ˈtemperedness n. the quality or condition of being ill-tempered (in quot. used archaically; cf. sense 1 above). ΚΠ 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 71 The ruggedness and ill-temperedness [of a branch]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1616
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