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Synonyms for bad-tempered

26 synonyms
4 antonyms
1 meaning

adjective

Most common

ill-tempered cantankerous irascible peevish foul-tempered bearish hissy zowerswopped

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Adjective

1. Ill-tempered

ill-tempered, cantankerous, peevish, irascible, grumpy, grouchy, irritable, petulant, ill-natured, surly, choleric, crabby, dyspeptic, fussy, cross UK, crabbed, liverish, testy, querulous, fretful, sullen, prickly

Other

foul-tempered, hissy, bearish, zowerswopped

Antonyms

good-humored, sweet-tempered, imperturbable

All antonyms of bad-tempered →

Definitions

adj. 1
Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.
Jack is the most bad-tempered and violent man I know.

Related words

Other spellings: badtempered

Example sentences

cantankerous Dmitri has an unlikable and cantankerous personality.
irascible He has an impetuous and irascible personality.
peevish Tom woke up feeling rather peevish.

By length

5 letters: cross¹, fussy², surly², testy², hissy
6 letters: grumpy², sullen², crabby²
7 letters: prickly², bearish², grouchy², fretful², peevish², crabbed¹
8 letters: petulant³, choleric³, liverish
9 letters: irritable⁴, irascible⁴, dyspeptic³, querulous³
12 letters: cantankerous⁴, zowerswopped

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fussy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: acariâtre
Español: arisco
Deutsch: streitsüchtig