choleric

adjirritable

Synonyms for choleric

adj irritable

angry

adjective. being mad, often extremely mad

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., colrik, "bilious of temperament or complexion," from Old French colerique, from Late Latin cholericus, from Greek kholerikos (see choler). Meaning "easily angered, hot-tempered" is from 1580s (from the supposed effect of excess choler); that of "pertaining to cholera" is from 1834.

Example Sentences for choleric

He is choleric, and a little matter doth set him in a flame, so old as he is.

The general disposition was choleric, pugnacious, litigious.

And as his temperament was choleric there were fellows who were actually afraid of him.

He was taken ashore (with choleric symptoms) and died there at the end of a week.

Choleric old gentlemen have been roused to frenzy over your misdeeds.

The one is amiable and submissive, the other choleric and rebellious.

When they looked round, he was making up to them with choleric strides.

"You say truth, Thomas," cried Astley, a red-faced and choleric young man.

"Well, don't you knock by me again, that's all," cried the choleric youth.

The Judge resembled Major Colfax in but one trait: he was choleric.

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Synonyms for choleric

angry

cantankerous

crabbier

crabbiest

crabby

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angry

cantankerous

crabbier

crabbiest

crabby

Synonyms for choleric

angrier