quick-tempered
[kwik-tem-perd]
adjective
easily angered.
Origin of quick-tempered
First recorded in 1820–30
Synonyms for quick-tempered
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Related Words for quick-tempered
choleric, cranky, cross, excitable, fiery, hot-tempered, impatient, impulsive, inflammable, irascible, irritable, passionate, peppery, petulant, quarrelsome, ratty, sensitive, short-tempered, shrewish, temperamentalExamples from the Web for quick-tempered
Historical Examples of quick-tempered
He was a quick-tempered man, and when he saw what was going on, how mad he was!
He was a quick-tempered gentleman, and my playfulness offended him.
The Suitors of YvonneRaphael Sabatini
"Mistress is so quick-tempered that I cannot live with her," said the girl.
They were almost as safe as a large dog is if he is known to be quick-tempered.
Two ArrowsWilliam O. Stoddard
He said: "Do you know what a wilful, quick-tempered girl Clara is?"
Robert Hardy's Seven DaysCharles Monroe Sheldon
quick-tempered
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