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Definition of Bad-tempered
1. Adjective. Annoyed and irritable.
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Crabbedness, Crab, Crabbiness, Crossness, Fussiness, Grouch, Grump, Grumpiness
Definition of Bad-tempered
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to ''bad temper''; showing anger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bad-tempered
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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