I'm short-tempered, and a loose-tongued man.
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Short-tempered
Synonyms for "short-tempered" (63 found)
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Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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19 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀξύθυμος adj (easily angered)
Arabic
1 entries- عَصَبِيّ adj (easily angered)
Bulgarian
2 entries- избухлив adj (easily angered)
- сприхав adj (easily angered)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 易怒 adj (easily angered)
Finnish
3 entries- kärsimätön adj (easily angered)
- lyhytpinnainen adj (easily angered)
- äkkipikainen adj (easily angered)
Irish
2 entries- araiciseach adj (easily angered)
- tobann adj (easily angered)
Marathi
1 entries- तापट adj (easily angered)
Māori
4 entries- kirikawa adj (easily angered)
- kiriwetiweti adj (easily angered)
- kiriwetiweti adj (easily angered)
- āritarita adj (easily angered)
Norman
1 entries- malenduthant adj (easily angered)
Pohnpeian
1 entries- aida adj (easily angered)
Russian
1 entries- вспыльчивый adj (easily angered)
Spanish
1 entries- de mecha corta adj (easily angered)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
People are becoming more short-tempered and violent.
Source: tatoeba (608889)
I'm pretty short-tempered.
Source: tatoeba (5640487)
Mary's very short-tempered, and often throws a wobbly.
Source: tatoeba (6205914)
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