Definition of "bad-tempered" [bad-tempered]

• Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger. (adjective)

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• "NEW YORK Michael J. Fox says the timing was perfect when Denis Leary asked him last year to star in a five-episode arc of Rescue Me as a bad-tempered, drug-abusing paraplegic."
• "I doubt if Kate will exhibit the kind of behavior seen on some reality TV shows about bad-tempered brides."
• "Rosenthal – creator of TV series London's Burning and co-author, with Barbra Streisand, of the film Yentl – includes among his dramatis personae a bonkers lyricist, an arrogant director, a bad-tempered composer and a bombastic producer."