"evil-tempered" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more evil-tempered [comparative], most evil-tempered [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} evil-tempered (comparative more evil-tempered, superlative most evil-tempered)
  1. Extremely bad-tempered.
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