illtempered

We aren't getting anywhere thinking that we need of a modality of sanity when we see the incoherence of the main stream merchant class media resounding the illtempered illbred imbroglio war-mongerers.

Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008 2008

They don't know him and think he's an illtempered dinosaur, a cranky old has-been.

Predator Cornwell, Patricia 2005

Wilson was not, at the bottom, an illtempered woman, and certainly loved her old and young master (both of whom she tormented extremely) better than any one else in the world.

Old Mortality 2004

By comparison, Burke looked tired and disheveled and illtempered, which was exactly how he felt.

Fat Tuesday Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1997

The castle cut the skyline with a tetchy cragginess, illtempered elderly resident of the district with a fragile tolerance of the newcomers to its neighbourhood.

Quite Ugly One Morning Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1996

It was only in company that he flourished, with an impermanent radiance peculiar to him, merely to relapse into an illtempered, querulous gloom when the last guest had departed.

An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977

There is not much to it the way I tell it, but read it and you will sense the courage of Byng, the frustration of Meighen, the corruption of government and the vindicative fury of King, resigning like an illtempered child who couldn't get his own way and who by his ruthless action left the country without government.

The Coming Defeat of Canadian Nationalism 1970

Instead I found an illtempered, confused set of generalizations about what analytical philosophers believe about history, distortion and misrepresentation of my views, and a peroration on the "wholly denotative" language of science and the "connotative" language of history that should win Hexter some kind of prize for philosophical incompetence.

Letting Go White, Morton 1967

The women in the kitchen were depressed, and that made them more illtempered than ever.

A Little Princess 1905

Wilson was not, at the bottom, an illtempered woman, and certainly loved her old and young master (both of whom she tormented extremely) better than any one else in the world.

Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801