increasingly bad-tempered
Frequency: 6.08.8 per million words
Becoming more and more irritable over time.
Categories:
Examples (10)
- He grew increasingly bad-tempered as the afternoon wore on.
- My boss has become increasingly bad-tempered with the approaching deadline.
- Since his retirement, my grandfather seems increasingly bad-tempered.
- The patient became increasingly bad-tempered due to the constant pain.
- She noticed her neighbor was becoming increasingly bad-tempered and decided to avoid him.
- If we don't fix the air conditioning, everyone will get increasingly bad-tempered.
- The old king grew increasingly bad-tempered in his final years.
- I find myself getting increasingly bad-tempered when I'm tired.
- Dealing with the constant noise from the construction site made him increasingly bad-tempered.
- The coach sounded increasingly bad-tempered after the team's third mistake.