Short-tempered

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  short-tempered
       adj : quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: {choleric},
              {irascible}, {hotheaded}, {hot-tempered}, {quick-tempered},
              {short}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "short-tempered":
     abrupt, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrimonious, bearish, bluff,
     brusque, caustic, crabbed, crabby, crusty, curt, disagreeable,
     discourteous, grouchy, gruff, irascible, irritable, peevish,
     peremptory, petulant, rude, short, shrewish, snappish, surly, tart,
     terse, testy, touchy, waspish