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bad temper

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Noun1.bad temperbad temper - a persisting angry mood
ill temper
anger, ire, choler - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
irascibility, quick temper, short temper, spleen - a feeling of resentful anger
conniption, fit, tantrum, scene - a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"
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Wopsle, being knocked up, was in such a very bad temper that if the Church had been thrown open, he would probably have excommunicated the whole expedition, beginning with Joe and myself.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
Whether he was in a bad temper because Prince Vasili was coming, or whether his being in a bad temper made him specially annoyed at Prince Vasili's visit, he was in a bad temper, and in the morning Tikhon had already advised the architect not to go the prince with his report.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
-- for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old, she had neither a bad heart nor a bad temper, was seldom stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny; she was moreover noisy and wild, hated confinement and cleanliness, and loved nothing so well in the world as rolling down the green slope at the back of the house.
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
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