Short-tempered synonyms
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Part of speech:
Marked by impatience or ill humor.
Angered or offended
irritable (related)
(Physiol.) Able to respond to a stimulus
Having eccentric ways; odd.
Unhappy, dissatisfied and/or irritable, a word which is particularly applied to babies and children or adults who are acting childishly.
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Characterized by or resulting from anger.
Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.
Charged with emotion; spirited:
Easily excited or aroused:
Having a fiery temper; easily made angry
Easily aroused to anger.
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short-fused
Erratic in behavior; unpredictable
A volatile substance
The definition of choleric is easily becoming angry.
Hasty; rash
In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
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Note: Cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.
Chilly, brisk, sharp.
lethargic (related)
bad-tempered (related)
boorish (related)
mouthy (related)
quarrelsome (related)
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morose (related)
Find another word for short-tempered. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for short-tempered, like: testy, touchy, huffy, gruff, irritable, cranky, grumpy, irascible, snappish, crabby and fiery.