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单词 ill tempered
释义
(adjective) 
Definition
having a bad temper
You sound like an ill-tempered child.
Synonyms
cross
Everyone was getting bored and cross.
irritable
He had been waiting for an hour and was starting to feel irritable.
grumpy
I'm always grumpy in the morning.
irascible
He had an irascible temper.
sharp
annoyed
impatient
He becomes impatient as the hours pass.
touchy
He is very touchy about his past.
bad-tempered
a crusty, bad-tempered, ill-humoured character
curt
spiteful
tetchy
You always get tetchy when you're hungry.
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal)
I was beginning to get a bit ratty and fed up.
testy
Ben gets testy when he is hungry.
chippy (informal)
choleric
He plays a choleric old schoolmaster.
ill-humoured
liverish
By the end, I was liverish and nettled.
Opposites
cheerful
,
benign
,
good-natured
,
patient
,
pleasant
,
sweet-tempered
,
mild-mannered

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bad-tempered
a crusty, bad-tempered, ill-humoured character
Synonyms
irritable,
cross,
angry,
tense,
crabbed,
fiery,
grumbling,
snarling,
prickly,
exasperated,
edgy,
snappy,
sullen,
touchy,
surly,
petulant,
sulky,
ill-tempered,
irascible,
cantankerous,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
tooshie (Australian, slang),
testy,
chippy (informal),
fretful,
grouchy (informal),
querulous,
peevish,
crabby,
huffy,
dyspeptic,
choleric,
splenetic,
crotchety (informal),
oversensitive,
snappish,
ill-humoured,
liverish,
narky (British, slang),
out of humour
in the sense of choleric
Definition
bad-tempered
He plays a choleric old schoolmaster.
Synonyms
bad-tempered,
cross,
angry,
irritable,
touchy,
petulant,
ill-tempered,
irascible,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
tooshie (Australian, slang),
testy,
chippy (informal),
hot-tempered,
quick-tempered,
chippy (informal)
in the sense of grumpy
Definition
sulky and bad-tempered
I'm always grumpy in the morning.
Synonyms
irritable,
cross,
bad-tempered,
grumbling,
crabbed,
edgy,
surly,
petulant,
ill-tempered,
cantankerous,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
testy,
grouchy (informal),
querulous,
peevish,
huffy,
crotchety (informal),
liverish,
sullen,
sulky

Nearby words of
ill-tempered

  • ill-mannered
  • ill-natured
  • ill-starred
  • ill-tempered
  • ill-timed
  • ill-treat
  • ill-treatment

Synonyms of 'ill-tempered'

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