Definition of ill-tempered in English:

ill-tempered

adjective

Irritable or grumpy.
Example sentencesExamples
- An early visitor was Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, accompanied not by his customary pet, a lion, but by ‘an ill-tempered and unhouse-trained dog’.
- All the indicators pointed towards a decent game of football although the game's early spell was fractious and ill-tempered.
- During the ludicrously extended results programme last week, Martin launched an ill-tempered attack on what she described as the ‘attitude’ of some of the female contestants.
- It was the first indication that the game could become ill-tempered, and it also marked out Hammell as the fall guy.
- It's actually that the film looks realer and nastier and more uncomfortable than anything that gets made now: particularly the shrill and ill-tempered arguments between the crew members.
- ‘It was a fiery, ill-tempered, ill-disciplined game,’ he said.
- Before long the reader begins to suspect that this ill-tempered diary is also intended as a kind of psychological case history.
- He was true to his word and bowed out gracefully after an ill-tempered special general meeting in Edinburgh.
- He qualified the team for Euro 2004 and repeated the trick, in tough circumstances, for the World Cup, following an ill-tempered play-off against Turkey.
- He was awkward, prickly, ill-tempered, condescending and unpredictable.
- My dad was usually a passive-aggressive person, only when my mother pushed certain buttons did he tend to get irritated and ill-tempered.
- I got through the first day of the month, then, not too grumpy, or ungrateful, or ill-tempered.
- If their struggles against Lithuania, Iceland and the Faroe Islands are anything to go by, it will be another plodding effort, overtly physical, occasionally ill-tempered and, very possibly, without even a goal to enhance it.
- Ironically, the Irish have also been annoyed by several incidents during an ill-tempered match especially the decision to come off for bad light on Friday evening when conditions seemed no worse than they had been all day.
- A generally ill-tempered second half boiled over into heated exchanges on a number of occasions.
- The defender acknowledges that, for the moment at least, he is best remembered for his ill-tempered confrontation with Advocaat when he was substituted at Celtic Park last November.
- His problem was rather the reverse, namely that he became aggressive, ill-tempered and moody.
- She told the Evening Press the ‘arrogant attitude of a small group of councillors’ during ill-tempered meetings effectively forced her out, amid complaints about the way minutes were presented.
- But when composure gave way to a series of ugly and ill-tempered clashes, there was only going to be one winner.
Synonyms
bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, ill-humoured, moody
in a (bad) mood, cross, as cross as two sticks, annoyed
irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, crotchety, touchy, crusty, thin-skinned, scratchy, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, peevish, fractious, waspish, shrewish, prickly, peppery, sharp, pettish
grumpy, grouchy, crabbed, crabby, disagreeable, volatile, splenetic, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained
informal snappish, snappy, chippy, on a short fuse, short-fused
British informal shirty, stroppy, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head
North American informal cranky, ornery, peckish, soreheaded
Australian/New Zealand informal snaky
informal, dated waxy, miffy

Derivatives

ill-temperedly

adverb

But he should have discussed the problem with me, instead of ill-temperedly announcing a decision.

Definition of ill-tempered in US English:

ill-tempered

adjective

Irritable or grumpy.
Example sentencesExamples
- A generally ill-tempered second half boiled over into heated exchanges on a number of occasions.
- If their struggles against Lithuania, Iceland and the Faroe Islands are anything to go by, it will be another plodding effort, overtly physical, occasionally ill-tempered and, very possibly, without even a goal to enhance it.
- Before long the reader begins to suspect that this ill-tempered diary is also intended as a kind of psychological case history.
- He was awkward, prickly, ill-tempered, condescending and unpredictable.
- I got through the first day of the month, then, not too grumpy, or ungrateful, or ill-tempered.
- It's actually that the film looks realer and nastier and more uncomfortable than anything that gets made now: particularly the shrill and ill-tempered arguments between the crew members.
- ‘It was a fiery, ill-tempered, ill-disciplined game,’ he said.
- It was the first indication that the game could become ill-tempered, and it also marked out Hammell as the fall guy.
- An early visitor was Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, accompanied not by his customary pet, a lion, but by ‘an ill-tempered and unhouse-trained dog’.
- Ironically, the Irish have also been annoyed by several incidents during an ill-tempered match especially the decision to come off for bad light on Friday evening when conditions seemed no worse than they had been all day.
- My dad was usually a passive-aggressive person, only when my mother pushed certain buttons did he tend to get irritated and ill-tempered.
- He qualified the team for Euro 2004 and repeated the trick, in tough circumstances, for the World Cup, following an ill-tempered play-off against Turkey.
- But when composure gave way to a series of ugly and ill-tempered clashes, there was only going to be one winner.
- His problem was rather the reverse, namely that he became aggressive, ill-tempered and moody.
- All the indicators pointed towards a decent game of football although the game's early spell was fractious and ill-tempered.
- She told the Evening Press the ‘arrogant attitude of a small group of councillors’ during ill-tempered meetings effectively forced her out, amid complaints about the way minutes were presented.
- He was true to his word and bowed out gracefully after an ill-tempered special general meeting in Edinburgh.
- The defender acknowledges that, for the moment at least, he is best remembered for his ill-tempered confrontation with Advocaat when he was substituted at Celtic Park last November.
- During the ludicrously extended results programme last week, Martin launched an ill-tempered attack on what she described as the ‘attitude’ of some of the female contestants.
Synonyms
bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, ill-humoured, moody

单词	ill-tempered
释义	Definition of ill-tempered in English: ill-tempered adjective Irritable or grumpy. Example sentencesExamples An early visitor was Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, accompanied not by his customary pet, a lion, but by ‘an ill-tempered and unhouse-trained dog’. All the indicators pointed towards a decent game of football although the game's early spell was fractious and ill-tempered. During the ludicrously extended results programme last week, Martin launched an ill-tempered attack on what she described as the ‘attitude’ of some of the female contestants. It was the first indication that the game could become ill-tempered, and it also marked out Hammell as the fall guy. It's actually that the film looks realer and nastier and more uncomfortable than anything that gets made now: particularly the shrill and ill-tempered arguments between the crew members. ‘It was a fiery, ill-tempered, ill-disciplined game,’ he said. Before long the reader begins to suspect that this ill-tempered diary is also intended as a kind of psychological case history. He was true to his word and bowed out gracefully after an ill-tempered special general meeting in Edinburgh. He qualified the team for Euro 2004 and repeated the trick, in tough circumstances, for the World Cup, following an ill-tempered play-off against Turkey. He was awkward, prickly, ill-tempered, condescending and unpredictable. My dad was usually a passive-aggressive person, only when my mother pushed certain buttons did he tend to get irritated and ill-tempered. I got through the first day of the month, then, not too grumpy, or ungrateful, or ill-tempered. If their struggles against Lithuania, Iceland and the Faroe Islands are anything to go by, it will be another plodding effort, overtly physical, occasionally ill-tempered and, very possibly, without even a goal to enhance it. Ironically, the Irish have also been annoyed by several incidents during an ill-tempered match especially the decision to come off for bad light on Friday evening when conditions seemed no worse than they had been all day. A generally ill-tempered second half boiled over into heated exchanges on a number of occasions. The defender acknowledges that, for the moment at least, he is best remembered for his ill-tempered confrontation with Advocaat when he was substituted at Celtic Park last November. His problem was rather the reverse, namely that he became aggressive, ill-tempered and moody. She told the Evening Press the ‘arrogant attitude of a small group of councillors’ during ill-tempered meetings effectively forced her out, amid complaints about the way minutes were presented. But when composure gave way to a series of ugly and ill-tempered clashes, there was only going to be one winner. Synonyms bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, ill-humoured, moody in a (bad) mood, cross, as cross as two sticks, annoyed irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, crotchety, touchy, crusty, thin-skinned, scratchy, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, peevish, fractious, waspish, shrewish, prickly, peppery, sharp, pettish grumpy, grouchy, crabbed, crabby, disagreeable, volatile, splenetic, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained informal snappish, snappy, chippy, on a short fuse, short-fused British informal shirty, stroppy, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head North American informal cranky, ornery, peckish, soreheaded Australian/New Zealand informal snaky informal, dated waxy, miffy Derivatives ill-temperedly adverb But he should have discussed the problem with me, instead of ill-temperedly announcing a decision. Definition of ill-tempered in US English: ill-tempered adjective Irritable or grumpy. Example sentencesExamples A generally ill-tempered second half boiled over into heated exchanges on a number of occasions. If their struggles against Lithuania, Iceland and the Faroe Islands are anything to go by, it will be another plodding effort, overtly physical, occasionally ill-tempered and, very possibly, without even a goal to enhance it. Before long the reader begins to suspect that this ill-tempered diary is also intended as a kind of psychological case history. He was awkward, prickly, ill-tempered, condescending and unpredictable. I got through the first day of the month, then, not too grumpy, or ungrateful, or ill-tempered. It's actually that the film looks realer and nastier and more uncomfortable than anything that gets made now: particularly the shrill and ill-tempered arguments between the crew members. ‘It was a fiery, ill-tempered, ill-disciplined game,’ he said. It was the first indication that the game could become ill-tempered, and it also marked out Hammell as the fall guy. An early visitor was Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, accompanied not by his customary pet, a lion, but by ‘an ill-tempered and unhouse-trained dog’. Ironically, the Irish have also been annoyed by several incidents during an ill-tempered match especially the decision to come off for bad light on Friday evening when conditions seemed no worse than they had been all day. My dad was usually a passive-aggressive person, only when my mother pushed certain buttons did he tend to get irritated and ill-tempered. He qualified the team for Euro 2004 and repeated the trick, in tough circumstances, for the World Cup, following an ill-tempered play-off against Turkey. But when composure gave way to a series of ugly and ill-tempered clashes, there was only going to be one winner. His problem was rather the reverse, namely that he became aggressive, ill-tempered and moody. All the indicators pointed towards a decent game of football although the game's early spell was fractious and ill-tempered. She told the Evening Press the ‘arrogant attitude of a small group of councillors’ during ill-tempered meetings effectively forced her out, amid complaints about the way minutes were presented. He was true to his word and bowed out gracefully after an ill-tempered special general meeting in Edinburgh. The defender acknowledges that, for the moment at least, he is best remembered for his ill-tempered confrontation with Advocaat when he was substituted at Celtic Park last November. During the ludicrously extended results programme last week, Martin launched an ill-tempered attack on what she described as the ‘attitude’ of some of the female contestants. Synonyms bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, ill-humoured, moody
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