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Definition easy to anger They are wonderful people, but very quick-tempered. Synonyms hot-tempered impulsive shrewish Opposites cool , placid , dispassionate , phlegmatic , tolerant , slow to anger Additional synonymsDefinition quarrelsome or bad-tempered You're just a cantankerous so-and-so. Synonyms bad-tempered, contrary, perverse, irritable, crusty, grumpy, disagreeable, cranky (US, Canadian, Irish, informal), irascible, tetchy, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), testy, quarrelsome, waspish, grouchy (informal), arsey (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), peevish, crabby, choleric, crotchety (informal), ill-humoured, liverish, captious, difficultDefinition bad-tempered He plays a choleric old schoolmaster. Synonyms bad-tempered, cross, angry, irritable, touchy, petulant, ill-tempered, irascible, tetchy, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), tooshie (Australian, slang), testy, chippy (informal), hot-tempered, quick-tempered, chippy (informal) Definition nervous and easily excited The patient was in a highly excitable state. Synonyms nervous, emotional, violent, sensitive, tense, passionate, volatile, hasty, edgy, temperamental, touchy, mercurial, uptight (informal), irascible, testy, hot-headed, chippy (informal), hot-tempered, quick-tempered, highly strung, adrenalized Nearby words ofquick-tempered - quibble
- quibbling
- quick
- quick-tempered
- quick-witted
- quicken
- quickly
Additional synonymsDefinition displaying strong passion, esp. anger I see you have a fiery temper. Synonyms excitable, violent, fierce, passionate, irritable, impetuous, irascible, peppery, hot-headed, cholericDefinition irritable at any delay or difficulty He becomes impatient as the hours pass. Synonyms cross, tense, annoyed, irritated, prickly, edgy, touchy, bad-tempered, intolerant, petulant, ill-tempered, cantankerous, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), chippy (informal), hot-tempered, quick-tempered, crotchety (informal), ill-humoured, narky (British, slang), out of humour Definition easily angered He had an irascible temper. Synonyms bad-tempered, cross, irritable, crabbed, touchy, cantankerous, peppery, tetchy, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), testy, chippy (informal), short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, choleric, narky (British, slang) Definition easily annoyed or angered He had been waiting for an hour and was starting to feel irritable. Synonyms bad-tempered, cross, snappy, hot, tense, crabbed, fiery, snarling, prickly, exasperated, edgy, touchy, petulant, ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), testy, chippy (informal), fretful, peevish, crabby, dyspeptic, choleric, crotchety (informal), oversensitive, snappish, ill-humoured, narky (British, slang), out of humour Definition unreasonably irritable or peevish He whined like a petulant child. Synonyms sulky, cross, moody, sour, crabbed, impatient, pouting, perverse, irritable, crusty, sullen, bad-tempered, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), fretful, waspish, querulous, peevish, ungracious, cavilling, huffy, fault-finding, snappish, ill-humoured, captiousDefinition inclined to quarrel or disagree a quarrelsome young man Synonyms argumentative, belligerent, pugnacious, cross, contentious, irritable, combative, fractious, petulant, ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, litigious, querulous, peevish, choleric, disputatious, arsey (British, Australian, New Zealand), cat-and-dog (informal) Definition cross and irritable I was beginning to get a bit ratty and fed up. Synonyms irritable, cross, angry, annoyed, pissed (US, Canadian, slang), crabbed, impatient, snappy, pissed off (taboo, slang), touchy, tetchy, testy, chippy (informal), short-tempered, tooshie (Australian, slang) Synonyms bad-tempered, complaining, discontented, nagging, scolding, petulant, ill-tempered, cantankerous, quarrelsome, litigious, peevish, sharp-tongued, fault-finding, ill-humoured, ill-natured, vixenish Definition irritable or bad-tempered retired military men with splenetic opinions Synonyms irritable, cross, bad-tempered, acid, sour, crabbed, sullen, touchy, petulant, spiteful, bitchy (informal), churlish, morose, irascible, tetchy, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), testy, chippy (informal), fretful, rancorous, peevish, crabby, choleric, envenomed Definition irritable or touchy Ben gets testy when he is hungry. Synonyms irritable, cross, grumpy, crabbed, impatient, snappy, sullen, touchy, bad-tempered, petulant, irascible, cantankerous, peppery, tetchy, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), quarrelsome, chippy (informal), fretful, short-tempered, waspish, peevish, quick-tempered, splenetic, snappish, liverish, captiousAdditional synonymsDefinition cross, irritable, or touchy You always get tetchy when you're hungry. Synonyms irritable, cross, grumpy, crabbed, impatient, snappy, sullen, touchy, bad-tempered, petulant, irascible, cantankerous, peppery, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), testy, quarrelsome, chippy (informal), fretful, short-tempered, waspish, peevish, quick-tempered, splenetic, snappish, liverish, captiousDefinition bad-tempered or spiteful Her tone was somewhat waspish and abrupt. Synonyms bad-tempered, cross, irritable, grumpy, touchy, petulant, waxy (informal, British), ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, peppery, crabbed, tetchy, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), testy, chippy (informal), fretful, peevish, crabby, splenetic, crotchety (informal), snappish, liverish, captious, pettish |