From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishill-temperedˌill-ˈtempered adjective formal 1 BAD-TEMPEREDeasily made angry or impatient SYN bad-tempered2 BAD-TEMPEREDan ill-tempered meeting, argument etc is one in which people are angry and often rude to each other Six players were sent off in an ill-tempered game.
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ill-tempered• She was a big ill-tempered animal cowed by a presence more threatening and a temper more volatile than her own.• She would not cry over such an overbearing, ill-tempered brute.• In an ill-tempered game Grimandi struck Simeone after having his shirt pulled.• Feeling thoroughly ill-tempered gave one energy, she thought, as she started on the dust and cobwebs in the salon.• So must it be an inconclusive, ill-tempered parting between the friends?• Wexford's reply was an ill-tempered snort.• He felt very uneasy about entering this dark building with an ill-tempered stranger.• In the morning Bicker was ill-tempered when he was told of the latest addition to the company, but Ratagan was pleased. 