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quick-tempered

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was a quick-tempered fellow who was generally avoided by his co-workers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

quickly aroused to anger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a hotheaded commander

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, short-tempered

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: kəmfürsət — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Azerbaijani: kəmhövsələ — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Bulgarian: сприхав (sprihav) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Bulgarian: избухлив (izbuhliv) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 急性子 (jíxìngzi) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性急 (xìngjí) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Finnish: äkkipikainen — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • French: colérique — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • German: hitzig — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Greek: οξύθυμος (oxýthymos) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Greek: ευέξαπτος (evéxaptos) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Ancient Greek: ὀξύθυμος (oxúthumos) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Irish: mear — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Irish: tobann — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Japanese: 怒りっぽい (okorippoi) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Japanese: 短気 (tanki) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Russian: вспы́льчивый (vspýlʹčivyj) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Russian: раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Russian: несде́ржанный (nesdéržannyj) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Russian: горя́чий (gorjáčij) — easily or quickly angered or frustrated
  • Spanish: calentón — easily or quickly angered or frustrated