Usually means: Irritable, easily angered or annoyed.
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  1. foul-tempered: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. foul-tempered, foul-tempered: Collins English Dictionary
  3. foul-tempered: Wordnik
  4. foul-tempered: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. foul-tempered: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  Synonym of bad-tempered

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ill-tempered, bad-tempered, badtempered, ill-natured, tempersome, attery, acid, temperish, musty, cankered, more...

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ill-tempered, bad-tempered, badtempered, ill-natured, tempersome, attery, acid, temperish, musty, cankered, more...



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