short-tempered

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, short temper +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

1. Easily angered; frequently losing one's temper.

   Synonyms: quick-tempered, hotheaded

   Antonyms: cool-headed, even-tempered, cool

   Hypernyms: impatient, temperamental

   She is so short-tempered that people avoid her company.

Related terms

• hot-tempered
• short temper

Translations

easily angered

• Arabic: عَصَبِيّ (ʕaṣabiyy)
• Bulgarian: сприхав (bg) (sprihav), избухлив (bg) (izbuhliv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 易怒 (zh) (yìnù)

• Finnish: äkkipikainen (fi), lyhytpinnainen, kärsimätön (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀξύθυμος (oxúthumos)

• Irish: araiciseach, tobann
• Maori: kiriwetiweti, kirikawa, āritarita, kiriwetiweti
• Marathi: तापट (tāpaṭ)
• Norman: malenduthant (Jersey)
• Pohnpeian: aida
• Russian: вспыльчивый (ru) m (vspylʹčivyj)
• Spanish: de mecha corta (es)