There were no mutual concessions; one stood erect, and the others yielded: and who can be ill-natured and bad-tempered when they encounter neither opposition nor indifference?
The drive for unanimity, after the 2005 review meeting ended in a bad-tempered stalemate, meant that Iran had a potentially consensus-blocking veto.
Her beaky nose, red-rimmed eyes, and feathery pink hat gave her the look of a bad-tempered flamingo.
"Bicker:To engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel; squabble."
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