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  • 21tempered — [tem′pərd] adj. 1. having been given the desired temper, consistency, hardness, etc. [tempered steel] 2. modified by addition of or mixture with other qualities, ingredients, etc. [the mercy in a tempered justice] 3. having a (specified kind of)… …

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  • 22bad-tem|pered — «BAD TEHM puhrd», adjective. having a bad temper; cross; irritable: »The bad tempered old man was always chasing the children away. SYNONYM(S): cranky …

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  • 23-tempered — comb. form having a specified temper or disposition (bad tempered; hot tempered). Derivatives: temperedly adv. temperedness n. * * * comb. form having a specified temper or disposition ill tempered …

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  • 24bad — adj 1. virtueless, unrighteous, godless, impious, ungodly; immoral, amoral, nonmoral, unmoral, unprincipled, reprobate; corrupt, depraved, perverted, profligate, dissolute, libertine, abandoned, licentious; unscrupulous, dishonest, crooked,… …

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  • 25Bad Day (film) — Bad Day Directed by Ian David Diaz Produced by Ian David Diaz Gena Helen Ashwell …

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  • 26Bad News Bears — For the original 1976 movie starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O Neal and Chris Barnes, see The Bad News Bears. Infobox Film name = Bad News Bears caption = film poster director = Richard Linklater producer = Richard Linklater writer = Bill Lancaster …

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  • 27bad actor — noun : an unruly, turbulent, or contentious individual : troublemaker Nick s horse was a notorious bad actor, a kicker D.M.Mankiewicz the boy became a bad actor early and ended in reform school * * * 1. a mean, ill tempered, troublemaking, or… …

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  • 28bad actor — 1. a mean, ill tempered, troublemaking, or evil person. 2. a vicious animal. 3. an inveterate criminal. [1940 45] * * * …

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  • 29short-tempered — adjective quickly aroused to anger a hotheaded commander • Syn: ↑choleric, ↑irascible, ↑hotheaded, ↑hot tempered, ↑quick tempered • Similar to: ↑ill natured …

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  • 30choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …

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