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ill temper

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Noun1.ill temperill temper - a persisting angry mood
bad 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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He growled and roared hideously at the dead, insensate thing, and then he dropped it and raised his head to look about in search of some living victim upon which to wreak his ill temper.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
His mistress is feeling the penalty of having been fool enough to vent her ill temper on her head-waiter.
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Foot passengers, jostling one another's umbrellas in a general infection of ill temper, and losing their foot-hold at street-corners, where tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke), adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
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