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short-tempered

 
Dictionary: short-tem·pered
(shôrt'tĕm'pərd)
adj.
Easily or quickly moved to anger; irascible.


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adj

Definition: irritable
Antonyms: calm, easy-going, phlegmatic, placid


WordNet: short-tempered
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: quickly aroused to anger
  Synonyms: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short


Translations: Short-tempered
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - med heftigt temperament, kort for hovedet

Nederlands (Dutch)
opvliegend

Français (French)
adj. - coléreux, irritable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - aufbrausend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευέξαπτος

Italiano (Italian)
irascibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - irritadiço

Русский (Russian)
вспыльчивый, раздражительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - irritable, irascible, de mal genio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lättirriterad, uppbrusande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
脾气坏的, 易怒的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 脾氣壞的, 易怒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성마른, 불끈거리는, 성급한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 短気な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سريع ألغضب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רגזני, לא מושל ברוחו, קצר-רוח‬


 
 
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tetchous
Blazes/Officer (character)
hot-headed

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