Bad-tempered
Bad-tempered adjective - Annoyed and irritable.
Scolding and bad-tempered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scolding" instead an adjective phrase "Bad-tempered".
Scolding
Scolding noun - Rebuking a person harshly.
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Bad-tempered and scolding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad-tempered" instead an adjective "Scolding".
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Kezia, the "bad-tempered, good-hearted" maid to the Tullivers, who for all her scolding and for all that she has a Hair-Trigger Temper, chooses to stay with the family during Edward's illness, wages or no wages.
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