Usually means: Prone to anger or irritability.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word ill-tempered:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. ill-tempered: Merriam-Webster
  2. ill-tempered: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ill-tempered: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ill-tempered, ill-tempered: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ill-tempered: Vocabulary.com
  6. ill-tempered: Wordnik
  7. ill-tempered: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ill-tempered: Wiktionary
  9. ill-tempered: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Ill-tempered, ill-tempered: Dictionary.com
  11. Ill-tempered: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. ill-tempered: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. ill-tempered: Rhymezone
  14. ill-tempered: FreeDictionary.org
  15. ill-tempered: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. ill-tempered: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. ill-tempered: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  18. Ill-tempered: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ill-tempered: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ill-tempered: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Synonym of bad-tempered.

Similar:
ill-natured, bad-tempered, grumpy, crabby, crabbed, grouchy, fussy, cross, foul-tempered, badtempered, more...

Opposite:
amiable, good-natured, affable, friendly, cordial

Types:
grumpy, crabby, irritable, bad-tempered, ill-humored, grouchy, more...

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Similar:
ill-natured, bad-tempered, grumpy, crabby, crabbed, grouchy, fussy, cross, foul-tempered, badtempered, more...

Opposite:
amiable, good-natured, affable, friendly, cordial

Types:
grumpy, crabby, irritable, bad-tempered, ill-humored, grouchy, more...



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