What does bad temper mean?

bad temper means "a persisting angry mood".

What is another word for bad temper?

Close synonyms include ill temper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bad temper a common word?

bad temper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

bad temper — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a persisting angry mood
Synonymsill temper
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What does bad temper mean?: bad temper means "a persisting angry mood".
What is another word for bad temper?: Close synonyms include ill temper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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