ill-temper

  • 21ill-nature — Synonyms and related words: anger, asperity, bad blood, bad humor, bad temper, bad will, bile, biliousness, blighting glance, causticity, choler, corrosiveness, discontent, evil disposition, evil eye, gall, ill humor, ill temper, ill will, ill… …

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  • 22ill — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (usu. predic.; often foll. by with) out of health; sick (is ill; was taken ill with pneumonia; mentally ill people). 2 (of health) unsound, disordered. 3 wretched, unfavourable (ill fortune; ill luck). 4 harmful (ill… …

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  • 23ill-nature — n. 1. Malevolence, unkindness, hatred, enmity, ill will. 2. Moroseness, sullenness, sourness, acerbity, acrimoniousness, bitterness, ill temper, bad temper …

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  • 24ill humor — n bad mood, temper, huff, tiff, miff, pet, fume, pique, Inf. stew, Archaic. pucker; rage, passion; touchiness, testiness, thin skinnedness, fret fulness, petulance; irritability, curtness, tartness, sharpness; ill temper, irascibility,… …

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  • 25ill-tempered — adjective Having ill temper; being in a bad mood …

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  • 26ill-humor — n. Fretfulness, peevishness, petulance, testiness, ill temper …

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  • 27ill-tempered — [il′tem′pərd] adj. having or showing a bad temper; quarrelsome; sullen; irritable * * * ill tem·pered (ĭlʹtĕmʹpərd) adj. Having a bad temper; irritable.   illʹ temʹpered·ly adv. * * * …

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  • 28temper — [n1] state of mind atmosphere, attitude, attribute, aura, character, climate, complexion, condition, constitution, disposition, drift, frame of mind, humor, individualism, individuality, leaning, makeup, mind, mood, nature, orientation, outlook,… …

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  • 29Ill-natured — Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good natured}.… …

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  • 30Ill-naturedly — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …

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