frayed temper

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• frayed — [ freıd ] adjective 1. ) with fibers that are coming apart: frayed jeans 2. ) if your nerves or TEMPER are frayed, you are angry or nervous …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• temper — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 tendency to become angry easily ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, explosive, fierce, fiery, hot, nasty, terrible, violent, volatile …   Collocations dictionary

• temper — 1 noun 1 TENDENCY TO BE ANGRY (C, U) a tendency to become angry suddenly: That temper of hers will get her into trouble one of these days. | If he can t control his temper, he should give up teaching. | quick/fiery/violent temper: Be careful, he… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• temper — tem|per1 [ tempər ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount a tendency to get angry very quickly: That temper of yours is going to get you into trouble. She should never have married a man with such a violent temper. have a short temper (=become angry very …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• temper — I UK [ˈtempə(r)] / US [ˈtempər] noun Word forms temper : singular temper plural tempers ** 1) [countable/uncountable] a tendency to get angry very quickly That temper of yours is going to get you into trouble. She should never have married a man… …   English dictionary

• temper — tem|per1 [ˈtempə US ər] n 1.) [U and C] a tendency to become angry suddenly or easily ▪ That temper of hers will get her into trouble one of these days. ▪ According to Nathan, Robin has quite a temper . ▪ Theo needs to learn to control his temper …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• frayed — UK [freɪd] / US adjective 1) with fibres that are coming apart frayed jeans 2) if your nerves or temper are frayed, you are angry or nervous …   English dictionary

• frayed — [freɪd] adj 1) with fibres that are coming apart at the edge 2) if your nerves are frayed, you are nervous, and if your TEMPER is frayed, you are angry …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• frayed — adj. Frayed is used with these nouns: ↑edge, ↑nerve, ↑temper, ↑wire …   Collocations dictionary

• fray — [[t]fre͟ɪ[/t]] frays, fraying, frayed 1) V ERG If something such as cloth or rope frays, or if something frays it, its threads or fibres start to come apart from each other and spoil its appearance. The fabric is very fine or frays easily... [V… …   English dictionary

• fray — UK [freɪ] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms fray : present tense I/you/we/they fray he/she/it frays present participle fraying past tense frayed past participle frayed 1) if a rope or piece of cloth frays or is frayed, the fibres in… …   English dictionary