What does ill-tempered mean?

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Adjective
  1. Synonym of bad-tempered.
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All the indicators pointed towards a decent game of football although the game's early spell was fractious and ill-tempered.
It was the first indication that the game could become ill-tempered, and it also marked out Hammell as the fall guy.
Obviously, I would like to take the opportunity to thank the parliamentary secretary for helping me develop my ill-tempered nature.
His problem was rather the reverse, namely that he became aggressive, ill-tempered and moody.
A generally ill-tempered second half boiled over into heated exchanges on a number of occasions.
I got through the first day of the month, then, not too grumpy, or ungrateful, or ill-tempered.

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