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词汇 bad-tempered
释义 bad-tempered
adjective
uk /ˌbædˈtemp.əd/ us /ˌbædˈtemp.ɚd/
B2
A bad-tempered person becomes angry and annoyed easily: 脾气坏的,易怒的
She's very bad-tempered in the mornings!她上午的时候容易发脾气!
Synonyms
crabbyinformal
grouchyinformal
grumpyinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

getting angry easily
bad-temperedHe's so bad-tempered! He never should have become a teacher.
irritableBe careful what you say; he's very irritable today.
grumpyI'm just a little tired and grumpy today.
crankyUSShe's very cranky because she has a toothache.
impatientI'm too impatient for fishing.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bad-tempered
argumentative
be hell on wheelsidiom
be like a bear with a sore headidiom
be spoiling for a fightidiom
bed
grouchy
grumpily
grumpiness
grumpy
have a short fuseidiom
pettishly
petulance
petulancy
petulant
petulantly
surlily
surliness
testily
testiness
testy

bad-tempered | American Dictionary


bad-tempered
adjective
us/ˈbædˈtem·pərd/
becoming annoyed or angry very easily

Examples of bad-tempered


bad-tempered
He will not reveal the truth to her, but is abrupt and bad-tempered.
I cannot help observing that that is the kind of bad-tempered and ill-mannered comment which has no place whatever in a debate of this kind.
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An uncomfortable driver is an inattentive and even bad-tempered one, and that is very dangerous.
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It has also been somewhat tetchy and bad-tempered in places.
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Then people behind get angry and start hooting and everybody gets bad-tempered.
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It is not in our interests to be surrounded by the chaos and bad-tempered confusion of an abortive currency scheme.
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Those who contributed to the somewhat bad-tempered atmosphere of the proceedings have since left for tea, and we may not see them again.
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This started out as a nasty little bad-tempered debate and in many respects it has so remained.
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The longer they are retired the more bad-tempered they seem to become.
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Yes, we have had some very bad-tempered speeches, and it is no good running away from the fact.
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The result is that she is overwrought and over-tired, very often; often very bad-tempered.
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The prospects of any firm can be ruined almost at the whim of a bad-tempered manager.
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Imagine trying to put that to a court of law about a bad-tempered man.
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He made an aggressive, bad-tempered and thoroughly unconstructive speech.
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It was not a rottweiler, a doberman or an alsatian but a bad-tempered old cross-breed which probably had some terrier and some labrador in it.
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