Meanings
comparative worse-tempered · comparative more bad-tempered · superlative worst-tempered · superlative most bad-tempered
- Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.
Jack is the most bad-tempered and violent man I know.
1 more example
His bad-tempered outburst caught his friends by surprise.
Synonyms: foul-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, bearish, choleric, surly, zowerswopped, liverish · Antonyms: good-tempered
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveannoyed and irritable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ὀργίλος, ἀκράχολος
- ὀργίλος (orgílos)having a bad temper
- ἀκράχολος (akrákholos)having a bad temper
Catalan malhumorat, arrauxat
- malhumorathaving a bad temper
- arrauxathaving a bad temper
Chinese Mandarin 易怒, 壞脾氣的 /坏脾气的
- 易怒 (yìnù)having a bad temper
- 壞脾氣的 /坏脾气的 (huàipíqì de)having a bad temper
Dutch slechtgehumeurd
- slechtgehumeurdhaving a bad temper
Finnish pahantuulinen, pahansisuinen
- pahantuulinenhaving a bad temper
- pahansisuinenhaving a bad temper
- äkeähaving a bad temper
- äksyhaving a bad temper
- äkeäluontoinenhaving a bad temper
French acariâtre, irascible
- acariâtrehaving a bad temper
- irasciblehaving a bad temper
- revêchehaving a bad temper
German schlecht gelaunt
- schlecht gelaunthaving a bad temper
Greek κακότροπος
- κακότροπος (kakótropos)having a bad temper
Hungarian rosszkedvű
- rosszkedvűhaving a bad temper
Icelandic skapvondur
- skapvondurhaving a bad temper
Irish anglánta, confach
- anglántahaving a bad temper
- confachhaving a bad temper
- stuacachhaving a bad temper
Japanese 怒りっぽい
- 怒りっぽい (okorippoi)having a bad temper
Latin irrītābilis, īrāscibilis
- irrītābilishaving a bad temper
- īrāscibilishaving a bad temper
Māori kiripiro
- kiripirohaving a bad temper
Polish wybuchowy
- wybuchowyhaving a bad temper
Portuguese mal-humorado
- mal-humoradohaving a bad temper
Romanian rău dispus, prost dispus
- rău dispushaving a bad temper
- prost dispushaving a bad temper
- supărăcioshaving a bad temper
Russian злой, раздражи́тельный
- злой (zloj)having a bad temper
- раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj)having a bad temper
Scottish Gaelic droch-nàdarrach
- droch-nàdarrachhaving a bad temper
Spanish malhumorado, de mal temperamento
- malhumoradohaving a bad temper
- de mal temperamentohaving a bad temper
- moshudohaving a bad temper
Swedish bitsk, vresig
- bitskhaving a bad temper
- vresighaving a bad temper
Turkish hırçın, kötü huylu
- hırçınhaving a bad temper
- kötü huyluhaving a bad temper
Cite this entry
bad-tempered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bad-tempered
“bad-tempered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bad-tempered. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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