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tempersome

Syllables: tem·per·someUK/ˈtɛmpəsəm/US/ˈtɛmpɚsəm/

tempersome adjective: characterised or marked by a temper; bad-tempered; temperamental; hotheaded; moody.

Adjective

tempersome (comparative more tempersome, superlative most tempersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by a temper; bad-tempered; temperamental; hotheaded; moody.
    • And now that it is so tempersome and cold you are always going out into the nastiness and getting wet or frozen every day.1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC
    • Virginia did not recover until early September, when she wrote that she was still cross and “tempersome”.2016, Gordon Claridge, Ruth Pryor, Gwen Watkins, Sounds from the Bell Jar

Forms of tempersome

comparativemore tempersome
superlativemost tempersome

Origin of tempersome

From temper + -some.

Questions about tempersome

What does tempersome mean?
Tempersome means characterised or marked by a temper; bad-tempered; temperamental; hotheaded; moody.
What part of speech is tempersome?
Tempersome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tempersome?
Tempersome is pronounced /ˈtɛmpəsəm/ (UK).

Words near tempersome in the dictionary

  1. temperments
  2. temperoammonic
  3. temperomandibular
  4. temperospatial
  5. tempers
  6. tempersome
  7. temperture
  8. tempes
  9. tempest
  10. tempest in a tea-kettle
  11. tempest in a teacup

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