bad-tempered
Example Sentences
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He chose that particular name because “it conjured up someone old-fashioned and bad-tempered lamenting the state of the world through the window of a London club while clutching his glass of port.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
He would shout and get bad-tempered when things did not go right, Lajmi said.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2025
On paper, it might sound like fun for an actor to play such a juicy, bad-tempered character.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024
The film follows Pansy as she navigates various everyday situations with her bad-tempered approach.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024
Hazel liked the great outdoors—but climbing a two-hundred-foot cliff on a stairway without rails, with a bad-tempered weasel on her shoulder?
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
