Short-tempered

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    quickly aroused to anger wordnet

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Example

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"I'm short-tempered, and a loose-tongued man."

Etymology

By surface analysis, short temper + -ed.

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