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QUICK-TEMPERED Synonyms

There are 14 synonyms of the word quick-tempered. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word quick-tempered. (close relations)

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short-tempered
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• quickly aroused to anger

hot-tempered
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• quickly aroused to anger

hotheaded
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• quickly aroused to anger

• characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

angry
adjectiveadj
adjective

• feeling or showing anger

adjective satellite

• (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

• severely inflamed and painful

fiery
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• characterized by intense emotion

• like or suggestive of fire

• passionate or quick-tempered

hasty
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• excessively quick

• done with very great haste and without due deliberation

irritable
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• easily irritated or annoyed

• abnormally sensitive to a stimulus

• capable of responding to stimuli

testy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• easily irritated or annoyed

touchy
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• quick to take offense

• difficult to handle; requiring great tact

volatile
adjectiveadj
adjective

• evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures

noun

• a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor

adjective satellite

• liable to lead to sudden change or violence

• marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

• tending to vary often or widely

choleric
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• easily moved to anger

• quickly aroused to anger

• characterized by anger

emotional
adjectiveadj
adjective

• determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason

• of more than usual emotion

• of or pertaining to emotion

adjective satellite

• (of persons) excessively affected by emotion

irascible
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• quickly aroused to anger

• characterized by anger

temperamental
adjectiveadj
adjective

• relating to or caused by temperament

adjective satellite

• subject to sharply varying moods

• likely to perform unpredictably

Alternatives for SHORT-TEMPERED

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