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quick-tempered
adjective as in easily upset, angered
adjective as in irascible
adjective as in irritable
Weak matches
- bearish
- brooding
- cantankerous
- carping
- choleric
- complaining
- crabbed
- cross
- crotchety
- disputatious
- dissatisfied
- dyspeptic
- easily offended
- fiery
- fretful
- fretting
- gloomy
- grouchy
- grumbling
- hasty
- hot
- huffy
- hypercritical
- ill-humored
- irascible
- moody
- morose
- out of humor
- oversensitive
- peevish
- plaintive
- querulous
- sensitive
- snappy
- snarling
- tense
- touchy
adjective as in passionate
adjective as in peppery
adjective as in quick-tempered
adjective as in snappy
adjective as in testy
adjective as in touchy
Strongest matches
adjective as in short-tempered
adjective as in tetchy
adjective as in unforbearing
Weak matches
- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- anxious
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- eager
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- irritable
- itchy
- keen
- on pins and needles
- racing one's motor
- restless
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- testy
- thirsty
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
adjective as in cranky
adjective as in cross
adjective as in excitable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in ill-tempered
adjective as in impatient
Weak matches
- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- itchy
- on pins and needles
- racing one's motor
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- unforbearing
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
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Example Sentences
A baby born in this manner is said to be likely to grow into a strong and quick-tempered adult.
He was a quick-tempered youth, and had been in more than one fight since his arrival at Putnam Hall.
He said: "Do you know what a wilful, quick-tempered girl Clara is?"
De Courval, a less quick-tempered character, wondered that any one should have taken a liberty with the man they had just left.
He was quick-tempered, but warm-hearted, and full of fun, and as honest and sincere as he was bold and fearless.
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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quick-tempered, such as: choleric, cranky, cross, excitable, fiery, and hot-tempered.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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