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short-tempered
Word definitions for short-tempered in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He tends to be very short-tempered when he's hungry. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Did they guess why she was so short-tempered of late? ▪ During those months I became anxious, short-tempered and critical. ▪ He is too short-tempered ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric , irascible , hotheaded , hot-tempered , quick-tempered , short ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to a person who is easily angered, who is known to frequently lose his or her temper.
Usage examples of short-tempered.
Everyone got very short-tempered, and there probably would have been serious trouble if the tide had not come in and washed a few whale carcasses and dead elasmosaurs onto the beach.
Everyone had given up by now except Seregil, who'd grown increasingly short-tempered as he pursued one false scent after another.