fairly bad-tempered
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To a moderate degree of irritability.
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- My boss is fairly bad-tempered in the mornings, so I try to avoid him.
- He seems fairly bad-tempered today; I wonder what happened.
- After the long delay, the passengers became fairly bad-tempered.
- The old man looked fairly bad-tempered as he glared at the noisy children.
- She can be fairly bad-tempered when she's under a lot of pressure at work.
- As he got older, he grew fairly bad-tempered and complained a lot.
- He sounded fairly bad-tempered on the phone, so I decided to call back later.
- It's not unusual for toddlers to be fairly bad-tempered when they miss their nap.
- I was feeling fairly bad-tempered after sitting in traffic for two hours.
- You'll have to excuse my grandfather; he's often fairly bad-tempered before his coffee.