What does ill-tempered mean?
Definitions for ill-tempered
ill-tem·pered
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Princeton's WordNet
crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-temperedadjective
annoyed and irritable
Wiktionary
ill-temperedadjective
Having ill temper; being in a bad mood.
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ill-tempered
Ill-tempered refers to someone who is easily annoyed or angered, often displaying irritable or grumpy behavior. An ill-tempered person may display unfriendly or negative emotions and have a disagreeable disposition.
Webster Dictionary
Ill-temperedadjective
of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome
Ill-temperedadjective
unhealthy; ill-conditioned
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ill-tempered in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ill-tempered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of ill-tempered in a Sentence
While we still have time before the spring, new detachments will be able to receive military training, we expect mobilization to yield at least five additional brigades five motorized brigades, one artillery brigade and a tank brigade. The Ukrainian rearguard for the Debaltseve front in Artemivsk, the home of one of the country's best-selling sparkling wines, looks increasingly like a garrison town. Auto-mechanics and tire shops have seen a sharp pick-up in business repairing damaged vehicles brought in by soldiers. Abandoned Soviet-era plants have been converted into bases. The local stadium is used as a landing pad for helicopters ferrying out the wounded. Many troops are nervous, jumpy and ill-tempered. On Wednesday, a group of irregulars detained a group of international journalists in the center and threatened to escort them out of the town if they took pictures of military equipment. The cannonades are fainter in Artemivsk, but they can still be heard. The significance of that is lost on few.
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