ill-tempered

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Ruskin’s ill-tempered insistence that drawing is an exercise of virtue was alien to Church’s character, but the same conjunction of extreme naturalism and a sort of vague pantheism is always present.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

On Saturday, Benn will be accompanied by his father, who faced Chris Eubank Sr in two iconic and ill-tempered fights in the 1990s, when he takes on Eubank Jr.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

In the Dodgers’ World Series run last season, Treinen was as vicious as an ill-tempered Doberman, going 2-0 with three saves, a 2.19 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

See Donald and Daffy, ill-tempered anthropomorphic animals who aren’t afraid of making a display of their displeasure.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Ona was to be given to Eliza, who had a reputation among Mount Vernon’s enslaved people as ill-tempered.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis