ill-tempered

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Adjective

ill-tempered (comparative more ill-tempered, superlative most ill-tempered)

  1. Synonym of bad-tempered.
    • 1997, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (film)
      Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that can’t be done. Can you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?
      Number Two: Sea Bass.
      Dr. Evil: Riiiight.
      Number Two: They are mutated sea bass.
      Dr. Evil: Really? Are they ill-tempered?
    • 2023 September 29, Sam Jones, “Alberto Núñez Feijóo fails to win Spanish MPs’ backing to become PM”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      Spain’s acting prime minister, the socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, has a fresh, if fraught, shot at returning to power after his conservative rival Alberto Núñez Feijóo failed in his attempt to take office in an ill-tempered investiture debate that followed July’s inconclusive general election.