as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
a quick-tempered man who invariably utters threats at any kids who wander into his yard
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Recent Examples of quick-tempered
Suwa is the band’s beloved transmasculine Korean American hero, glamorous and quick-tempered.
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Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
Part of it had to do with Nguyen’s distant relationship with her father, a taciturn and quick-tempered man with whom the author had difficulty connecting.
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Barbara Spindel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Sep. 2023
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
Part of it had to do with Nguyen’s distant relationship with her father, a taciturn and quick-tempered man with whom the author had difficulty connecting.
—
Barbara Spindel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quick-tempered
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The symptoms are so delayed that people often blame them on food poisoning, irritable-bowel syndrome, gluten intolerance.
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
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Our previous card featured the fiery destruction of the Missouri Pacific depot in 1909.
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And the hottest of the bunch, the green, is a fiery combination of both jalapeños and green habaneros.
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“Quick-tempered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quick-tempered. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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