ill-temperedness

ill-temperedness
noun

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  • ill temper — ill tempered, adj. ill temperedly, adv. ill temperedness, n. bad or irritable disposition. [1595 1605] * * * …   Universalium

  • ill-tempered — /ˈɪl tɛmpəd/ (say il tempuhd) adjective irritable; morose; bad tempered. –ill temperedly, adverb –ill temperedness, noun …  

  • acidity — n 1.(all usu. of taste) sourness, bitterness, vinegariness, acidulousness; tartness, harshness, sharpness, acridity, acerbity. 2.(all usu. of expression or temperament) astringency, severity, sternness, harshness, acerbity, austerity, stringency; …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • acrimony — n 1. acrimoniousness, causticity, asperity, mordancy, acridness, acridity, pungency, venom, venomousness, venomness; astringency, severity, sternness, acerbity, austerity, stringency; harshness, sharpness, sourness, acidulousness, acidity,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • cynicism — n 1. misanthropy, antisociality, hatred; pessimism, defeatism, malism; skepticism, suspicion, disbelief, distrust. 2. derision, ridicule, scorn, mockery; satire, irony, lampoon, burlesque; contempt, disparagement, disdain, superciliousness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • sarcasm — n 1. derision, ridicule, scorn, mockery, jest; satire, irony, cynicism, lampoon, burlesque; contempt, disparagement, disdain, superciliousness, haughtiness, arrogance; criticism, censure, hit, fling, Inf. flak, rub, dig; taunt, fleer, gibe, jeer …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • virulence — n 1. poisonousness, venomousness, ven omness, toxicity, deadliness, virulency; lethality, fatalness; noxiousness, harmfulness, hurtfulness, injuriousness, detrimentalness, detrimentality, deleteriousness, unwholesomeness, unhealthiness;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • churlishness — n 1. rusticity, ruralism, agrarianism; pastoralism, pastorality, bucolicism; inurbanity, back woodsiness, provincialism, provinciality, yokelism, Sl. hickishness; hominess, homeliness, homishness, Inf. folksiness. 2. boorishness, loutishness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • petulance — n 1. peevishness, pettishness, Rare. petulancy; ill humoredness, ill humor, touchiness, testiness, waspishness, querulousness, carpingness; irascibleness, irascibility, cholericness, ill temperedness, bad temper, spleen, spleenishness; crabbiness …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • spleen — n 1. petulance, peevishness, pettishness, Rare. petulancy; ill humoredness, ill humor, touchiness, testiness, waspishness, querulousness, carp ingness; irascibleness, irascibility, biliousness, cholericness; ill temperedness, bad temper,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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