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Curmudgeon: [13] An ill-tempered, grumpy or surly old man (although the term is most often applied to old men, it can be used more broadly: for example, in the 2008 film Marley & Me, John Grogan, a forty-year-old man, is called a curmudgeon for complaining about the prevalence of aesthetically ugly high-rise condos popping up in his city).
The behavior has roots in the Filipino culture, so the term has no English equivalent, but "having a bad day," "temperament problem," "mood," "tantrum," "neurosis" and even "chronic illness" may be considered close translations, depending on the context.
A tantrum, angry outburst, temper tantrum, lash out, meltdown, fit, or hissy fit is an emotional outburst, [1] [2] [3] usually associated with those in emotional distress. It is typically characterized by stubbornness , crying , screaming , violence , [ 4 ] defiance , [ 5 ] angry ranting , a resistance to attempts at pacification, and, in some ...
His father trained him for 13 hours a day. Now Si Jiahui is closing in on the final of the World Snooker Championship in a bid to be the sport’s youngest ever champion
The shrew – an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman characterised by scolding, nagging, and aggression [1] – is a comedic, stock character in literature and folklore, both Western and Eastern. [2] The theme is illustrated in Shakespeare 's play The Taming of the Shrew .
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She says the 18-year-old felt "ambushed with the information," admitting, "It was a bad mom move on my part." "I didn't set her up, and she doesn't like being surprised. She felt sort of cold ...
When reflecting human emotion and behavior, it is commonly defined as the tendency to react to stimuli with negative affective states (especially anger) and temper outbursts, which can be aggressive. Distressing or impairing irritability is important from a mental health perspective as a common symptom of concern and predictor of clinical outcomes.