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• bad-tempered — /bad tem peuhrd/, adj. cross; cranky; surly; ill tempered: a bad tempered person. [1920 25] * * * …   Universalium

• crabbed crabby cross fussy fussbudgety grouchy grumpy bad-tempered ill-tempered — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bad actor — noun : an unruly, turbulent, or contentious individual : troublemaker Nick s horse was a notorious bad actor, a kicker D.M.Mankiewicz the boy became a bad actor early and ended in reform school * * * 1. a mean, ill tempered, troublemaking, or… …   Useful english dictionary

• bad actor — 1. a mean, ill tempered, troublemaking, or evil person. 2. a vicious animal. 3. an inveterate criminal. [1940 45] * * * …   Universalium

• choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shirty snorty ill-tempered or annoyed — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Big Bad Wolf in popular culture — In the 20th and 21st centuries, many works of fiction have been created including the Big Bad Wolf as a character, differing slightly from his incarnation in the folk tales.Disney s Big Bad Wolf (Zeke Wolf)Walt Disney s version of the Bad Wolf… …   Wikipedia

• Crank (person) — Crank is a pejorative term used for a person who unshakably holds a belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false.[1] A cranky belief is so wildly at variance with commonly accepted belief as to be ludicrous. Cranks… …   Wikipedia

• cross-patch —  Bad tempered person …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• crank — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cranke, from Old English cranc (as in crancstæf, a weaving instrument); probably akin to Middle High German krank weak, sick more at cringe Date: 13th century 1. a bent part of an axle or shaft or an arm keyed at …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• crank — n 1. the penis. A rare usage, mainly heard in the USA among sailors, truckers, hard hats and others in the 1960s and 1970s. 2. speed (methedrine or amphetamine), heroin. A drug users term from the late 1960s which could also be used to refer to… …   Contemporary slang