A society which was compassionate, kindly, considerate and decent has become angrier and angrier, and more and more ill-tempered.
That is the sort of niggling, nagging statement which one would expect of an ill-tempered person who was willing to wound but afraid to strike.
I have never heard a more ill-tempered speech than your speech to-day.
Half the trouble, the damage, the danger, and the accidents are caused by ill-tempered people who cannot stand congestion on the roads.
He mumbles and looks ill-tempered and says he is being obstructed.
Consider the situation after an ill-tempered football match or rugby match in which there have been many fouls.
All the history and experience of joint boards indicates that they are complicated, contentious and often ill-tempered in working together.
In the past two years, there has been a great deal of at times ill-tempered debate about race relations, policing and crime.
