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bad-tem·pered
 bad-tempered
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- pronunciation:
- baed
tem
p
 rd
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adjective |
| definition: |
having a bad temper or mood; cranky; irritable.
We were fearful of disturbing our bad-tempered father, so we approached him carefully.- antonyms:
- affable, easygoing, good-tempered
- similar words:
- cross, ill-natured, petulant, quarrelsome, sour, sullen
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| related words: |
angry, cantankerous, dour, grumpy, mean, ornery, perverse, surly, testy |
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