| His problem was rather the reverse, namely that he became aggressive, ill-tempered and moody. |
| All the indicators pointed towards a decent game of football although the game's early spell was fractious and ill-tempered. |
| There is not another person in the world who thinks me ill-tempered but you. |
| Before long the reader begins to suspect that this ill-tempered diary is also intended as a kind of psychological case history. |
| Any advice for well-tempered students who study with ill-tempered teachers? |
| I got through the first day of the month, then, not too grumpy, or ungrateful, or ill-tempered. |
