Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foul-tempered

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
foul-tem-pered
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of bad-tempered.

Inflected Forms

more foul-tempered (comparative) fouler-tempered (comparative) most foul-tempered (superlative) foulest-tempered (superlative)

Synonyms

bad-tempered

Questions

What does foul-tempered mean?
Synonym of bad-tempered.

How to pronounce foul-tempered

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