Definitions for quick-tempered

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

quick′-tem′pered(adj.)

  1. easily angered; touchy.

Origin of quick-tempered:

1820–30

Princeton's WordNet

  1. choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered(adj)

    quickly aroused to anger

    "a hotheaded commander"

Wiktionary

  1. quick-tempered(Adjective)

    Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.

    He was a quick-tempered fellow who was generally avoided by his co-workers.


Translations for quick-tempered

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

quick-tempered(adjective)

easily made angry.

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