He's a very nice fellow though bad-tempered.
Being taught by a good teacher between 10 and 11 can stop children turning into bad-tempered teenagers, a study has found.
His boss is rude and very bad-tempered.
The movie will take audiences to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds except for three birds including bad-tempered "Red", speedy "Chunk" and the volatile "Bomb".
But scientists argue that changing moods – as seen in sulking teenagers, grumpy spouses, or bad-tempered parents - serve an important purpose.
Last year, the country's Minister for Reconstruction Ryu Matsumoto was forced to resign after only a week in office, after a bad-tempered encounter with local officials was televised.
His stepmother, however, was a bad-tempered, evil-natured woman, who took a dislike to her stepson, and often berated him in front of his father.
