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quicktempered
adjective as in irascible
adjective as in irritable
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- bearish
- brooding
- cantankerous
- carping
- choleric
- complaining
- crabbed
- cross
- crotchety
- disputatious
- dissatisfied
- dyspeptic
- easily offended
- fiery
- fretful
- fretting
- gloomy
- grouchy
- grumbling
- hasty
- hot
- huffy
- hypercritical
- ill-humored
- irascible
- moody
- morose
- out of humor
- oversensitive
- peevish
- plaintive
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- sensitive
- snappy
- snarling
- tense
- touchy
adjective as in passionate
adjective as in peppery
adjective as in quick-tempered
adjective as in snappy
adjective as in testy
adjective as in touchy
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adjective as in choleric
Weak matches
adjective as in short-tempered
adjective as in tetchy
adjective as in unforbearing
Weak matches
- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- anxious
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- eager
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- irritable
- itchy
- keen
- on pins and needles
- quick-tempered
- racing one's motor
- restless
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- testy
- thirsty
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
adjective as in cranky
adjective as in cross
adjective as in excitable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- agitable
- alarmable
- edgy
- emotional
- enthusiastic
- fierce
- galvanic
- hasty
- hot-headed
- hot-tempered
- impatient
- impetuous
- inflammable
- intolerant
- irascible
- mercurial
- moody
- nervous
- neurotic
- overzealous
- passionate
- peevish
- quick
- quick-tempered
- rash
- reckless
- sensitive
- short-fused
- susceptible
- testy
- touchy
- uncontrolled
- uneasy
- vehement
- violent
- volatile
- volcanic
adjective as in ill-tempered
adjective as in impatient
Weak matches
- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- itchy
- on pins and needles
- quick-tempered
- racing one's motor
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- unforbearing
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
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Her eldest daughter, Sally, married a man named Thompson, who was as quicktempered as his mother-in-law.
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On this page you'll find 598 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quicktempered, such as: cantankerous, cranky, feisty, grouchy, passionate, and surly.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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