The bad-tempered man snapped at his daughter.
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Bad-tempered
Synonyms for "bad-tempered" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Adjective(4 words)
Strong matches (16)
Adjective(9 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (28)
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1 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀκράχολος adj (having a bad temper)
- ὀργίλος adj (having a bad temper)
Asturian
4 entries- encabronáu adj (having a bad temper)
- fediondu adj (having a bad temper)
- fuin adj (having a bad temper)
- fuñicu adj (having a bad temper)
Catalan
2 entries- arrauxat adj (having a bad temper)
- malhumorat adj (having a bad temper)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 壞脾氣的 /坏脾气的 adj (having a bad temper)
- 易怒 adj (having a bad temper)
Dutch
1 entries- slechtgehumeurd adj (having a bad temper)
Finnish
4 entries- pahansisuinen adj (having a bad temper)
- pahantuulinen adj (having a bad temper)
- äkeä adj (having a bad temper)
- äkeäluontoinen adj (having a bad temper)
French
3 entries- acariâtre adj (having a bad temper)
- irascible adj (having a bad temper)
- revêche adj (having a bad temper)
Galician
3 entries- broco adj (having a bad temper)
- rabuxento adj (having a bad temper)
- ríspeto adj (having a bad temper)
Georgian
2 entries- ავი adj (having a bad temper)
- ბოროტი adj (having a bad temper)
German
1 entries- schlecht gelaunt adj (having a bad temper)
Greek
1 entries- κακότροπος adj (having a bad temper)
Hungarian
1 entries- rosszkedvű adj (having a bad temper)
Icelandic
1 entries- skapvondur adj (having a bad temper)
Irish
3 entries- anglánta adj (having a bad temper)
- confach adj (having a bad temper)
- stuacach adj (having a bad temper)
Japanese
1 entries- 怒りっぽい adj (having a bad temper)
Norman
1 entries- ouaînâtre adj (having a bad temper)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- تتیز adj (having a bad temper)
- خرچین adj (having a bad temper)
Polish
1 entries- wybuchowy adj (having a bad temper)
Portuguese
1 entries- mal-humorado adj (having a bad temper)
Romanian
3 entries- prost dispus adj (having a bad temper)
- rău dispus adj (having a bad temper)
- supărăcios adj (having a bad temper)
Russian
2 entries- злой adj (having a bad temper)
- раздражи́тельный adj (having a bad temper)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- droch-nàdarrach adj (having a bad temper)
Spanish
3 entries- de mal temperamento adj (having a bad temper)
- malhumorado adj (having a bad temper)
- moshudo adj (having a bad temper)
Swedish
2 entries- bitsk adj (having a bad temper)
- vresig adj (having a bad temper)
Tocharian B
1 entries- amiske adj (having a bad temper)
Turkish
2 entries- hırçın adj (having a bad temper)
- kötü huylu adj (having a bad temper)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
He became bad-tempered, continually criticized his wife's cooking and complained of a pain in his stomach.
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He looks bad-tempered, but he is kind at heart.
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She looks bad-tempered, but she is kind at heart.
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