Ill-tempered
Ill-tempered adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.
Short and ill-tempered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective phrase "Ill-tempered".
Short
Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
Ill-tempered and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ill-tempered" instead an adjective "Short".
Related pairs
Both words in one sentence
- When Chonny is acting as his ill-tempered mother for his videos, he dons a short, scraggly red wig.
Source: Fiery Redhead / Web Original -
The Crunch Bird is a 1971 animated short film by Ted Petok.A woman looks for a birthday present for her ill-tempered husband.
- Takane responds by listing all of his negative traits (ill-tempered, egotistical, secretive, no focus) before stopping herself short and realising she's just listed all of her negative traits too.
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