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ILL TEMPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
bad temper; ill temper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("ill temper" is a kind of...):
anger; choler; ire (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ill temper"):
irascibility; quick temper; short temper; spleen (a feeling of resentful anger)
conniption; fit; scene; tantrum (a display of bad temper)