genio-2
temper ; temperament.
A society without a literature has that much less chance of embodying within its temper and so within its organizations something of the fullness of human experience.
The temperaments of the two founders were such that lasting success was unlikely.
de mal genio
bad-tempered
curmudgeonly
crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.]
irascible
shrewish
short-tempered
ill-natured
stroppy [stroppier -comp., stroppiest -sup.]
in a strop
quick-tempered
shirty [shirtier -comp., shirtiest -sup.,]
ill-tempered
liverish
He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
My 11-year-old daughter has become really stroppy and prone to emotional outbursts, swearing at us and acting in a way that's completely unlike her.
Do you ever get in a strop or behave like a toddler having a tantrum in public?.
Lawson was a quick-tempered young woman but she also had a good heart and liked to dance when the mood struck her.
I'm at a shirty tiredness level where some chicken & then a good nap is preferable over sex.
Ill-tempered girls were also twice as likely as even-tempered girls to be divorced women at midlife (26% vs. 12%).
Some people, being excessively liverish, cannot refrain from fuming with rage and shouting abuse when they come across stories of injustice, ignorance and foul play in the newspapers.
mal genio
bile
short temper
petulance
It would merely give him the opportunity to pour out his bile.
As mentioned above, angry outbursts, irritability and developing a short temper can also be symptoms that mask depression.
There are also those who all day long are mild, and courteous, and genial, and good-natured in public life, damming back their irritability, and their petulance, and their discontent.
tener (muy) mal genio
have + a (very) short fuse
He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it.
