bad tempered
[adjective]
Synonyms: ill-tempered, dyspeptic, hot-tempered, ill-humored, ill-natured, rusty, tempersome

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Antonyms: good-tempered
Contrasted words: forbearing, long-suffering, patient
Related Words: cantankerous, cranky, crusty, temperamental, touchy

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English Thesaurus: angry, mad, cross, annoyed, irritated, ...

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ˌbad-ˈtempered adjective British English
someone who is bad-tempered becomes easily annoyed and talks in an angry way to people Synonym : irritable

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bad tempered
adj.
VERBS be, look, seem, sound | become, grow | make sb It is his illness that makes him bad-tempered.
ADV. extremely, very | increasingly, more and more He grew more and more bad-tempered as the afternoon wore on.
rather

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angry feeling strong emotions because you think someone has behaved badly, or because a situation seems bad or unfair:
He gets really angry if people keep him waiting.
a crowd of angry protesters
mad [not before noun] informal angry:
Dad was mad at me for damaging the car.
cross [not before noun] spoken rather angry – used when speaking to people you know well:
She was cross with me for being late.
annoyed [not before noun] a little angry:
I was annoyed no one had told me the class was cancelled.
irritated annoyed and impatient, especially by something that keeps happening or something someone keeps saying:
I was irritated by their stupid questions.
an irritated voice
bad-tempered becoming annoyed or angry easily:
a bad-tempered old man
He’s always bad-tempered when he doesn’t get what he wants.
in a bad/foul mood feeling a little angry for a period of time, often for no particular reason:
I woke up in a bad mood.
She’s been in a foul mood all morning.
in a huff /hʌf/ in an angry mood for a short time, especially because someone has just said something to offend or annoy you:
He walked off in a huff when they refused to let him join in their game.
somebody has got up on the wrong side of the bed informal used when you think someone has been in an angry mood all day, for no particular reason – often used humorously:
I don’t know what’s wrong – she must have got up on the wrong side of the bed today.
furious/livid extremely angry:
She was furious when she found out he’d been lying to her.
He looked absolutely livid.
outraged very angry and shocked by something you think is unfair or wrong:
Most people were outraged by the 9/11 attacks.
complaints from outraged viewers
incandescent with rage British English formal extremely angry – used mainly in writing, for example in newspaper reports:
Gordon Brown was reported to be incandescent with rage over the article.
lose your temper to suddenly become very angry and start shouting at someone:
It was the first time I’d seen her lose her temper.

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bad-tempered becoming easily annoyed and talking in an angry unfriendly way to people:
Her husband was a disagreeable, bad-tempered man.
I was wondering why she had been so bad-tempered recently.
moody often becoming annoyed or unhappy, especially when there seems to be no good reason:
a moody teenager
Myra can be a bit moody sometimes.
irritable easily annoyed about small things, especially because you are tired, upset, or worried:
I hadn’t had much sleep and was feeling tired and irritable.
Since Steve quit smoking, he’s been really irritable.
You’re turning into an irritable old man.
grumpy/grouchy easily annoyed and often complaining about things - used especially when talking about people you know well. These words sound much gentler and less critical than bad-tempered:
There’s no need to be so grumpy!
He woke up in a grouchy mood.
be in a bad mood to be feeling annoyed or unhappy, so that you do not speak in a normal friendly way to people - used especially when this only lasts for a fairly short period of time and is not part of someone’s usual character:
Leave him alone – he’s in a bad mood today.
By the time I got home at 9 o'clock, I was in a really bad mood.
have/have got a short fuse informal to be likely to become angry very suddenly, especially in an unreasonable way:
Be careful what you say to the Colonel - he’s got a very short fuse.
cantankerous written bad-tempered and complaining or quarrelling a lot – used especially about old people:
The hotel owner was a cantankerous old man.
In later years, she became quite cantankerous.

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travel to go from one place to another, especially places that are far apart:
We travelled to Russia by train.
I love to travel.
go to go somewhere – often used instead of travel:
We’re going to Greece for our holidays this year.
He’s gone to London on business.
It’s quicker to go by plane.
commute to travel to work or school:
She commutes to work by bicycle.
cross to travel across a very large area, for example a desert or ocean:
The slaves crossed the Atlantic in the holds of the ships.
tour to travel in order to visit many different places, especially as part of a holiday:
They’re touring Europe by coach.
go trekking to do a long and difficult walk in a place far from towns and cities:
They went trekking in the mountains.
She’s been trekking in Nepal a couple of times.
go backpacking to travel to a lot of different places, carrying your clothes with you in your rucksack:
He went backpacking in Australia.
roam especially written to travel or move around an area with no clear purpose or direction, usually for a long time:
When he was young, he roamed from one country to another.
The tribes used to roam around freely, without any fixed territory.
journey literary to travel, especially a long distance:
He journeyed on horseback through Palestine.
angry feeling strong emotions because you think someone has behaved badly, or because a situation seems bad or unfair:
He gets really angry if people keep him waiting.
a crowd of angry protesters
mad [not before noun] informal angry:
Dad was mad at me for damaging the car.
annoyed [not before noun] a little angry:
I was annoyed no one had told me the class was cancelled.
irritated annoyed and impatient, especially by something that keeps happening or something someone keeps saying:
I was irritated by their stupid questions.
an irritated voice
bad-tempered becoming annoyed or angry easily:
a bad-tempered old man
He’s always bad-tempered when he doesn’t get what he wants.
in a bad/foul mood feeling a little angry for a period of time, often for no particular reason:
I woke up in a bad mood.
She’s been in a foul mood all morning.
in a huff /hʌf/ in an angry mood for a short time, especially because someone has just said something to offend or annoy you:
He walked off in a huff when they refused to let him join in their game.
somebody has got up on the wrong side of the bed informal used when you think someone has been in an angry mood all day, for no particular reason – often used humorously:
I don’t know what’s wrong – she must have got up on the wrong side of the bed today.

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