词组 | bad-tempered |
释义 | bad-tempered /ˌbæd ˈtempəd/ adjective BrE someone who is bad-tempered becomes easily annoyed and talks in an angry way to peoplenounsa bad-tempered man/woman Her husband was a disagreeable, bad-tempered man.a bad-tempered look/voice "What garden?" said Ben, in a bad-tempered voice.You can also use bad-tempered about games in which there are a lot of angry arguments: In a bad-tempered match, Jason Ramshaw had his jaw broken.verbsget bad-tempered He gets bad-tempered when he thinks about the future. prepositionsbe bad-tempered with sb I was wondering why she had been so bad-tempered with me recently.THESAURUS: bad-tempered moody often becoming annoyed or unhappy, especially when there seems to be no good reason: Myra can be a bit moody sometimes. | a moody teenager irritable easily annoyed about small things, especially because you are tired, upset, or worried: I hadn’t had much sleep and was feeling tired and irritable. | Since Steve quit smoking, he’s been really irritable. | You’re turning into an irritable old man. grumpy/grouchyold man | old woman | person | mood easily annoyed and often complaining about things – used especially when talking about people you know well. These words sound much gentler and less critical than bad-tempered: I think I'm becoming a grumpy old woman. | She isn't usually a grumpy person. | He woke up in a grouchy mood. | There’s no need to be so grumpy! be in a bad/foul mood to be feeling annoyed or unhappy, so that you do not speak in a normal friendly way to people – used especially when this only lasts for a fairly short period of time and is not part of someone’s usual character: Leave him alone – he’s in a foul mood today. | By the time I got home at 9 o’clock, I was in a really bad mood. have/have got a short fuse informal to be likely to become angry very suddenly, especially in an unreasonable way: Be careful what you say to the Colonel – he’s got a very short fuse. cantankerous writtenold man | old woman bad-tempered and complaining or quarrelling a lot – used especially about old people: The hotel owner was a cantankerous old woman. | In later years, she became quite cantankerous.THESAURUS: bad-tempered → angry |
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