Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
quick-tempered
adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
good-tempered/foul-tempered/quick-tempered etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ My father was quick-tempered and often drunk.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At fifteen, Catherine was the most beautiful girl for miles around, but she was proud and quick-tempered.
▪ He was also quick-tempered in a way that sent Frankie scuttling for cover whenever he raised his voice.
▪ They are a wild, free-spirited people, quick-tempered as Elves go, and swift to avenge any stain on their honour.
Wiktionary
quick-tempered
a. (context usually said of a person, but sometimes of an animal English) Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.
WordNet
quick-tempered
adj. quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, short, short-tempered]
Usage examples of "quick-tempered".
The rest joined in a chorus of support, agreeing with Aidan, and having no desire to anger the quick-tempered man.
Irish still carry the stereotype of being nothing more than hard drinkers and quick-tempered fighters.
Hulgor Delcamper to be sureand by the looks of him, as large, florid, quick-tempered, brawling, and wine-loving as ever!