quick-tempered
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quick-tempered
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Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.
He was a quick-tempered fellow who was generally avoided by his co-workers.
Similar: hot-headed, short-tempered, temperamental, emotional, irascible
Opposite: cool, cool-headed, even-tempered
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adjective
Opposite: cool, cool-headed, even-tempered
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adj easily or quickly angered or frustrated
| Español | calentón |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 怒りっぽい okorippoi, 短気 tanki |
| 中文 | 急性子 jíxìngzi, 性急 xìngjí |
| Français | colérique |
| Deutsch | hitzig |
| Ελληνικά | οξύθυμος oxýthymos, ευέξαπτος evéxaptos |
| Русский | вспы́льчивый vspýlʹčivyj, раздражи́тельный razdražítelʹnyj, несде́ржанный nesdéržannyj, горя́чий gorjáčij |
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