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bad-tempered

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • His bad-tempered outburst caught his friends by surprise.
  • Jack is the most bad-tempered and violent man I know.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foul-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, bearish, choleric, surly, zowerswopped

Antonyms: good-tempered

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

annoyed and irritable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: encabronáu — having a bad temper
  • Asturian: fediondu — having a bad temper
  • Asturian: fuin — having a bad temper
  • Asturian: fuñicu — having a bad temper
  • Catalan: malhumorat — having a bad temper
  • Catalan: arrauxat — having a bad temper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 易怒 (yìnù) — having a bad temper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 壞脾氣的 /坏脾气的 (huàipíqì de) — having a bad temper
  • Dutch: slechtgehumeurd — having a bad temper
  • Finnish: pahantuulinen — having a bad temper
  • Finnish: pahansisuinen — having a bad temper
  • Finnish: äkeä — having a bad temper
  • Finnish: äksy — having a bad temper
  • Finnish: äkeäluontoinen — having a bad temper
  • French: acariâtre — having a bad temper
  • French: irascible — having a bad temper
  • French: revêche — having a bad temper
  • Galician: broco — having a bad temper
  • Galician: rabuxento — having a bad temper
  • Galician: ríspeto — having a bad temper
  • Georgian: ბოროტი (boroṭi) — having a bad temper
  • Georgian: ავი (avi) — having a bad temper
  • German: schlecht gelaunt — having a bad temper
  • Greek: κακότροπος (kakótropos) — having a bad temper
  • Ancient Greek: ὀργίλος (orgílos) — having a bad temper
  • Ancient Greek: ἀκράχολος (akrákholos) — having a bad temper
  • Hungarian: rosszkedvű — having a bad temper
  • Icelandic: skapvondur — having a bad temper
  • Irish: anglánta — having a bad temper
  • Irish: confach — having a bad temper
  • Irish: stuacach — having a bad temper
  • Japanese: 怒りっぽい (okorippoi) — having a bad temper
  • Latin: irrītābilis — having a bad temper
  • Latin: īrāscibilis — having a bad temper
  • Māori: kiripiro — having a bad temper
  • Norman: ouaînâtre — having a bad temper
  • Polish: wybuchowy — having a bad temper
  • Portuguese: mal-humorado — having a bad temper
  • Romanian: rău dispus — having a bad temper
  • Romanian: prost dispus — having a bad temper
  • Romanian: supărăcios — having a bad temper
  • Russian: злой (zloj) — having a bad temper
  • Russian: раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj) — having a bad temper
  • Scottish Gaelic: droch-nàdarrach — having a bad temper
  • Spanish: malhumorado — having a bad temper
  • Spanish: de mal temperamento — having a bad temper
  • Spanish: moshudo — having a bad temper
  • Swedish: bitsk — having a bad temper
  • Swedish: vresig — having a bad temper
  • Tocharian B: amiske — having a bad temper
  • Turkish: hırçın — having a bad temper
  • Turkish: kötü huylu — having a bad temper
  • Ottoman Turkish: تتیز (titiz) — having a bad temper
  • Ottoman Turkish: خرچین (hırçın) — having a bad temper