- bad-tempered adj
- [ˌbæd'tɛmpəd]
irascibile, irritabile, (look) antipatico (-a)
to be bad-tempered — (always) avere un brutto carattere, (at a particular time) essere di malumore
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bad-tempered adj
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bad-tempered — adj BrE someone who is bad tempered becomes easily annoyed and talks in an angry way to people = ↑irritable ▪ Why are you so bad tempered today? … Dictionary of contemporary English
bad-tempered — adj. having a bad temper; irritable; easily annoyed. Derivatives: bad temperedly adv. * * * adj [more bad tempered; most bad tempered] : easily annoyed or angered : ↑ill tempered a bad tempered old man * * * ˌbad ˈtempered [bad tempered] … Useful english dictionary
bad-tempered — ADJ GRADED Someone who is bad tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily. When his headaches developed Nick became bad tempered and even violent... They walked in bad tempered silence. Syn: irritable … English dictionary
bad-tempered — /bad tem peuhrd/, adj. cross; cranky; surly; ill tempered: a bad tempered person. [1920 25] * * * … Universalium
bad-tempered — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ become, grow ▪ make sb ▪ It is his illness that makes him bad temper … Collocations dictionary
bad-tempered — [bad′tem΄pərd] adj. having a bad temper or cranky disposition; irritable … English World dictionary
bad-tempered — [ˌbæd ˈtempəd] adj made annoyed or angry very easily … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
tempered — [tem′pərd] adj. 1. having been given the desired temper, consistency, hardness, etc. [tempered steel] 2. modified by addition of or mixture with other qualities, ingredients, etc. [the mercy in a tempered justice] 3. having a (specified kind of)… … English World dictionary
bad — adj 1. virtueless, unrighteous, godless, impious, ungodly; immoral, amoral, nonmoral, unmoral, unprincipled, reprobate; corrupt, depraved, perverted, profligate, dissolute, libertine, abandoned, licentious; unscrupulous, dishonest, crooked,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
quick-tempered — adj impatient, irritable, irascible; high strung, high mettled, temperamental, excitable, impulsive, volatile; hot blooded, hot tempered, fiery, like tinder, like touchwood; testy, touchy, petulant, snappish, peppery, waspish, shrewish; choleric … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
short-tempered — adjective quickly aroused to anger a hotheaded commander • Syn: ↑choleric, ↑irascible, ↑hotheaded, ↑hot tempered, ↑quick tempered • Similar to: ↑ill natured … Useful english dictionary
