| 单词 | bad-tempered |
| 释义 | bad-tempered (once / 16214 pages) adj Someone who's bad-tempered is cranky and surly. Your bad-tempered next door neighbor might spend the weekend yelling at kids, "Stay off of my lawn!" Oscar the Grouch is a good example of a bad-tempered Sesame Street character. Bad-tempered people are grouchy by nature, although you can have a bad-tempered day or an unusually bad-tempered reaction to some terrible news or a visit from your least favorite cousin. Your temper is your state of mind or your mood, so to be bad-tempered is to be in a bad mood. WORD FAMILYbad-tempered USAGE EXAMPLESI couldn’t understand what was so unconvincing about my bad-tempered PA. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The characters were “powerful, sometimes bad-tempered ladies, who occasionally had to take matters into their own hands to get things done,” Barnhill said. Washington Post(Oct 25, 2016) Two years later, on its way to winning the World Cup, West Germany beat the Netherlands 2-1 in a bad-tempered Round of 16 match. Washington Times(Jul 05, 2016) adj annoyed and irritable Syn crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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