quick-tempered

English

Adjective

quick-tempered (comparative more quick-tempered, superlative most quick-tempered)

1. Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.

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

Synonyms

• hot-headed
• short-tempered

Antonyms

• cool (in the sense of calm or relaxed)
• cool-headed
• even-tempered

Related terms

• hot-tempered

Translations

easily or quickly angered or frustrated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 急性子 (zh) (jíxìngzi)

• Finnish: äkkipikainen (fi)
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• Irish: mear
• Japanese: 怒りっぽい (おこりっぽい, okorippoi)
• Russian: вспы́льчивый (ru) (vspýlʹčivyj), раздражи́тельный (ru) (razdražítelʹnyj), несде́ржанный (ru) (nesdéržannyj), горя́чий (ru) (gorjáčij)