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单词 bad-tempered
释义
bad-tempered
adjective
uk
/ˌbædˈtemp.əd/us
/ˌbædˈtemp.ɚd/
B2
A bad-temperedpersonbecomesangryandannoyedeasily:
脾气坏的，易怒的
She's very bad-tempered in themornings!她上午的时候容易发脾气！
Synonyms
crabbyinformal
grouchyinformal
grumpyinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
getting angry easily
  • bad-temperedHe's so bad-tempered! He never should have become a teacher.
  • irritableBe careful what you say; he's very irritable today.
  • grumpyI'm just a little tired and grumpy today.
  • crankyUSShe's very cranky because she has a toothache.
  • impatientI'm too impatient for fishing.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad-tempered
  • argumentative
  • be hell on wheelsidiom
  • be like a bear with a sore headidiom
  • be spoiling for a fightidiom
  • bed
  • grumpiness
  • grumpy
  • have a short fuseidiom
  • hell
  • huffy
  • petulant
  • petulantly
  • pugnacious
  • pugnacity
  • quarrelsome
  • testily
  • testiness
  • testy
  • tetchily
  • tetchiness
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(Definition ofbad-temperedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

bad-tempered| American Dictionary

bad-tempered
adjective
us/ˈbædˈtem·pərd/
becomingannoyedorangryveryeasily
(Definition ofbad-temperedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbad-tempered

bad-tempered
He will not reveal the truth to her, but is abrupt andbad-tempered.
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I cannot help observing that that is the kind ofbad-temperedand ill-mannered comment which has no place whatever in a debate of this kind.
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An uncomfortable driver is an inattentive and evenbad-temperedone, and that is very dangerous.
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It has also been somewhat tetchy andbad-temperedin places.
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Then people behind get angry and start hooting and everybody getsbad-tempered.
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It is not in our interests to be surrounded by the chaos andbad-temperedconfusion of an abortive currency scheme.
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Those who contributed to the somewhatbad-temperedatmosphere of the proceedings have since left for tea, and we may not see them again.
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This started out as a nasty littlebad-tempereddebate and in many respects it has so remained.
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The longer they are retired the morebad-temperedthey seem to become.
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Yes, we have had some verybad-temperedspeeches, and it is no good running away from the fact.
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The result is that she is overwrought and over-tired, very often; often verybad-tempered.
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The prospects of any firm can be ruined almost at the whim of abad-temperedmanager.
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Imagine trying to put that to a court of law about abad-temperedman.
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He made an aggressive,bad-temperedand thoroughly unconstructive speech.
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It was not a rottweiler, a doberman or an alsatian but abad-temperedold cross-breed which probably had some terrier and some labrador in it.
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