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bad-tempered

adjective as in perversely irritable

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The film follows Pansy as she navigates various everyday situations with her bad-tempered approach.

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His election came after an occsionally bad-tempered campaign, with complaints from one of the candidates about party interference in the contest.

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Snook is best known for her role in Succession as Shiv Roy, one of four children battling for control of their bad-tempered father Logan Roy's media empire.

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He denied his No 10 had been a toxic place to work, and said bad-tempered exchanges between advisers showed "naturally self-critical" people anxious to do their best, even adding it was "creatively useful".

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The United States lost their third game, a bad-tempered, card-filled match against Austria, and finished in last place in their group.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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