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foul-tempered

foul-tempered adjective: synonym of bad-tempered.

Adjective

foul-tempered (comparative more foul-tempered or fouler-tempered, superlative most foul-tempered or foulest-tempered)

  1. Synonym of bad-tempered.
    Synonyms:
    bad-tempered

Synonyms of foul-tempered

Forms of foul-tempered

comparativemore foul-tempered
comparativefouler-tempered
superlativemost foul-tempered
superlativefoulest-tempered

Questions about foul-tempered

What does foul-tempered mean?
Foul-tempered means synonym of bad-tempered.
What part of speech is foul-tempered?
Foul-tempered is an adjective.

Words near foul-tempered in the dictionary

  1. foul wind
  2. foul winds
  3. foul-mouthed
  4. foul-smelling
  5. foul-spoken
  6. foul-tempered
  7. foul-tongued
  8. foul-up
  9. foul-ups
  10. Foula
  11. foulable

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