ill-tempered

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ill-tempered

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From ill + tempered.

adjective more ill-tempered · most ill-tempered

Synonym of bad-tempered. Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that can’t be done. Can you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have? Number T
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@misc{ill_tempered_2026,
  title = {ill-tempered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-tempered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}