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Ill-Tempered
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.] So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. Pepys.