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ill temper

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noun

bad or irritable disposition.

Origin of ill temper

First recorded in 1595–1605

OTHER WORDS FROM ill temper

ill-tem·pered, adjective ill-tem·pered·ly, adverb ill-tem·pered·ness, noun

Words nearby ill temper

ill fame, ill feeling, ill humor, ill humour, ill nature, ill temper, ill will, ill wind that blows no one any good, it's an, ill-advised, ill-affected, ill-assorted

Example sentences from the Web for ill temper

I determined to make a text for myself, and to choose a very plain passage about ill-temper.

A Great Emergency and Other Tales |Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
By this course he escaped the usual provocations to ill-temper, and was forced upon an undisturbed equipoise of mind.

Recollections and Impressions |Octavius Brooks Frothingham
The king nodded obstinately, his face furrowed with ill-temper.

A Gentleman of France |Stanley Weyman
And he went muttering to his dressing-room, summoning his valet almost with ill-temper.

The Marriage of William Ashe |Mrs. Humphry Ward

The Englishman was now nettled, and determined to wreak his ill-temper on Mat, by turning him and his establishment into ridicule.

The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh |William Carleton

British Dictionary definitions for ill temper

ill temper

noun

bad temper; irritability