ill-tempered

What does ill-tempered mean?

ill-tempered means "annoyed and irritable".

How many syllables are in ill-tempered?

ill-tempered has 3 syllables: ill--tem-pered. The stress falls on "ill-".

What is another word for ill-tempered?

Close synonyms include crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy. 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 ill-tempered a common word?

ill-tempered is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ill-tempered come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.