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How to sign: a sudden outburst of anger
"his temper sparked like damp firewood";
Similiar / Same: pique, irritation
Categories: annoyance, chafe, vexation
How to sign: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
"whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor";
Similiar / Same: mood, humour, humor
Categories: feeling
Within this category: good humor, ill humor, sulk
How to sign: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
"his temper was well known to all his employees";
Similiar / Same: pettishness, snappishness, surliness, biliousness, peevishness, irritability
Categories: ill nature
Within this category: querulousness
