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short-tempered adjective [ ˌʃɔːtˈtɛmpəd ]

• quick to lose one's temper.
• "poor sleep can leave you short-tempered"
Similar: irritable, irascible, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, fiery, peevish, cross, crabbed, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, impatient, grumpy, huffy, brusque, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, touchy, volatile, testy, tetchy, snarling, waspish, prickly, crusty, peppery, bilious, liverish, dyspeptic, splenetic, choleric, snappish, snappy, chippy, grouchy, cranky, on a short fuse, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head, peckish, soreheaded, snaky, miffy,
Opposite: placid, calm, easy-going, phlegmatic,


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