Definitions

trigger-happy

[trig-er-hap-ee] / ˈtrɪg ərˌhæp i /

ADJECTIVE

combative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antagonistic bellicose belligerent cantankerous contentious energetic

WEAK

cussed fire-eating gladiatorial hawkish militant ornery pugnacious quarrelsome ructious scrappy strenuous truculent warlike warring

Antonyms

STRONGEST

kind nice

WEAK

agreeable compromising peaceful peaceloving

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"Trigger-happy space bums," the spacemen called them, and much worse, besides.

From Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

trigger-happy

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