Meaning of ILL-TEMPERED
| Pronunciation: | | il 'tempurd
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| | Definition: | | [adj] perversely irritable |
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| | Synonyms: | | bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-natured |
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| | Definition: | | \Ill`-tem"pered\, a.
1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful;
quarrelsome.
2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.]
So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall
catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt
away. --Pepys.
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| | Related Terms: | | bad-tempered, crabbed, dyspeptic, fractious, hot-tempered, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, irritable, peevish, petulant, querulous, rusty, shrewish, snappish, sour, surly, vixenish, waspish |
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