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ill temper

Noun

Meaning

a persisting angry mood

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Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper. Hannah More

Even though much provoked, let us do nothing through passion and ill temper. Abraham Lincoln

Even though much provoked, let us do nothing through passion and ill temper. Even though the Southern people will not so much as listen to us, let us calmly consider their demands, and yield to them if, in our deliberate view of our duty, we possibly can. Abraham Lincoln

The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper. Friedrich Nietzsche

He leaves his fans wondering why a ball player so gifted should fall prey to bouts of ill temper that take the attention away from his exceptional skills. Source: Internet

Here’s hoping it’s before our president, in a moment of ill temper, unleashes “ Source: Internet

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