choleric

adj.

1. Easily angered; bad-tempered.
2. Showing or expressing anger.

cholerically chol'er·i·cal·ly or chol'er·ic·ly adv.

(KAHL-uhr-ik)

adjective
Easily irritated or angered; hot-tempered.

Etymology
From Latin cholericus, from Greek cholerikos, from chole (bile). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghel- (to shine) that is also the source of words such as yellow, gold, glimmer, gloaming, glimpse, glass, arsenic, and cholera

Usage
"In every choleric outburst from Sir Alan, every lifted eyebrow and pursed lip from his lieutenants, the subtext is clear." — Libby Purves; The Apprentice; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Jun 6, 2009.

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adjective

1. Easily annoyed: irascible, peppery, quick-tempered, testy, tetchy, touchy. See feelings.
2. Feeling or showing anger: angry, indignant, mad. Informal sore. Idioms: hot under the collar. See feelings.

adj

Definition: bad-tempered
Antonyms: affable, good-natured

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IN BRIEF: Easily provoked to anger.

The injured lion was choleric before the veterinarian helped it.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hidsig

Nederlands (Dutch)
cholerisch, woedend

Français (French)
adj. - coléreux, colérique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - cholerisch, jähzornig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευέξαπτος, οργίλος

Italiano (Italian)
collerico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - colérico

Русский (Russian)
желчный, легковозбудимый, раздражительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - colérico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kolerisk, hetlevrad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易怒的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易怒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성마른, 성난

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - かんしゃく持ちの, 怒りっぽい, 怒った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سريع الغضب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מהיר-חימה, רתחן‬

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