Synonyms for choleric
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Irascible — senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the…
irascible, angry, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, irritable, wrathful, fiery, short-tempered, hot-headed, petulant, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, passionate, quarrelsome, bilious, cantankerous, dyspeptic, testy, irate, querulous, cranky, temperamental
2. Hot — senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the…
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”). Of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged.
- adj. 2
Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”). hot; also, hot and dry.
Related words
- Word family
- cholerically cholericly choler
Example sentences
- angry I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.
- irascible He has an impetuous and irascible personality.
By length
- 3 letters
- hot1
- 5 letters
- angry2, fiery3, irate2, testy2
- 6 letters
- heated2, cranky2
- 7 letters
- bilious3
- 8 letters
- petulant3, wrathful
- 9 letters
- irritable4, irascible4, dyspeptic3, querulous3, choleraic
- 10 letters
- passionate3
- 11 letters
- quarrelsome3
- 12 letters
- cantankerous4
- 13 letters
- temperamental4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (angry2 = 2 syllables).