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ILL TEMPER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A persisting angry mood

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)

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