Definition of Bad-tempered

1. Adjective. Annoyed and irritable.


Definition of Bad-tempered

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to ''bad temper''; showing anger. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bad-tempered

baculums
bad
bad-boy
bad-faith
bad-lad split
bad-mannered
bad-minded
bad-mouth
bad-mouthed
bad-mouthing
bad-mouths
bad-talk
bad-tempered (current term)
bad apple
bad apples
bad bank
bad banks
bad beat
bad beats
bad block
bad blood
bad boy
bad boys
bad breath
bad cess
bad check
bad checks

Literary usage of Bad-tempered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural Inheritance by Francis Galton (1894)
"The first inquiry will be, Do good-tempered parents have, on the whole, good-tempered children, and do bad-tempered parents have bud-tempered ones? ..."

2. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1854)
"... AND bad-tempered MEN. ВГ EP ROWSELL, ESQ. But this murderous intention does not last long. Half a moment passed, and the smile returns to your face, ..."

3. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... a,-dza wina, he becomes quarrelsome and bad - tempered. Wa • *itli<ka f*opano im-choka pache, he has left his formerly pleasant character. ..."

4. Trukese-English Dictionary =: Pwpwuken Tettenin Fóós, Chuuk-Ingenes by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1990)
"give trouble to. cause to be in want or in a bad way. bad-tempered ... be mean, harsh, cranky, bad-tempered, savage, quick to attack (of dog or man). badly ..."

5. Self-culture: Physical, Intellectual, Moral, and Spiritual; a Course of Lectures by James Freeman Clarke (1880)
"If I am bad-tempered, it proves something to be morbid and unbalanced in my soul. ... You can control yourself, so as not to say or do bad-tempered things. ..."

6. The Feebly Inhibited: Nomadism, Or the Wandering Impulse, with Special by Charles Benedict Davenport (1915)
"Where both parents were "bad-tempered," 4 per cent were good and 52 per cent bad-tempered, 44 per cent being neutral. Just what neutral means is not ..."

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