Definition of "bad temper" [bad temper]

• A persisting angry mood (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "D'Urberville's bad temper cleared up at sight of hers; and he laughed heartily."
• "Though Eugenists may find a difficulty in reconciling Napier's brilliancy with the extreme youth of his parents, they may at any rate attribute Kepler's occasional fits of bad temper to heredity."
• "Yes, there were those who lived up to the stereotype, those who talked interminably or bullied their staffs; and the more time I spent on the Senate floor, the more frequently I could identify in each senator the flaws that we all suffer from to varying degrees-a bad temper here, a deep stubbornness or unquenchable vanity there."