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Another word for quick-tempered

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Adjective

  1. Easily annoyed

    See also:

    feelings

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Another word for quick-tempered

Modifier
  1. See also:

    irritable

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Sentence Examples

  • He was pious, charitable, of unimpeachable morality, quick-tempered but placable, no great scholar, and only energetic as a hunter.

  • He was quick-tempered, but of kindly disposition, intelligent and patriotic, and he left a reputation of unblemished honesty and uprightness.

  • They are a thrifty and industrious people, prolific and devoted to their offspring, good-humoured, quick-tempered and impressionable.

  • The possession of firearms places irresistible temptations in the path of unsophisticated and quick-tempered tribesmen.

  • They are great talkers, keenly sensitive to ridicule, and quick-tempered.

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