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Synonyms for quick-tempered

  • adjective

Most common

hot-headed short-tempered hot-tempered irascible

All synonyms

Adjective

hot-tempered, short-tempered, hot-headed, irascible, choleric, irritable, temperamental, excitable, passionate, touchy, emotional, splenetic, cantankerous, peevish, fiery, petulant, cranky, testy, hasty, waspish, snappish

Antonyms

cool-headed, even-tempered, cool

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.

    He was a quick-tempered fellow who was generally avoided by his co-workers.

Example sentences

  • irascible He has an impetuous and irascible personality.

By length

5 letters
fiery3, hasty2, testy2
6 letters
touchy2, cranky2
7 letters
peevish2, waspish
8 letters
petulant3, choleric3, snappish
9 letters
emotional4, irritable4, excitable4, irascible4, splenetic
10 letters
passionate3
12 letters
cantankerous4
13 letters
temperamental4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fiery3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
coléreux
Italiano
collerico