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English Dictionary: ill-tempered by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-tempered
adj
  1. annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill- tempered]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill-tempered \Ill`-tem"pered\, a.
      1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful;
            quarrelsome.
  
      2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.]
  
                     So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall
                     catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt
                     away.                                                --Pepys.
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