short-tempered Sentence Examples
- The short-tempered CEO exploded with rage at the slightest provocation.
- Her short-tempered nature made it difficult for her to maintain relationships.
- The short-tempered toddler threw a tantrum when he didn't get his way.
- The police officer was known for his short-tempered outbursts.
- His short-temperedness often got him into trouble with his coworkers.
- The teacher warned the students that the substitute was short-tempered and easily angered.
- The short-tempered dog barked incessantly at strangers.
- The short-tempered boxer was eager to get into a fight.
- The short-tempered politician was notorious for his fiery speeches.
- The short-tempered child broke his toys whenever he was frustrated.
short-tempered Meaning
Wordnet
short-tempered (s)
quickly aroused to anger
Synonyms & Antonyms of short-tempered
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- cross-grained
- bearish
- cantankerous
- truculent
- fractious
- snippety
- huffy
- off-colored
- dyspeptic
- bellicose
- pugnacious
- fretful
- disagreeable
- curmudgeonly
- sullen
- ill-humored
- querulous
- scrappy
- pouty
- sulky
- ill-tempered
- thin-skinned
- disputatious
- combative
- touchy
- snappy
- contentious
- out-of-humor
- short
- sensitive
- argumentative
- quarrelsome
- snarly
- ill-natured
- out-of-sorts
- belligerent
- bilious
- ratty
- perverse
- ornery
- raspy
- off-color
- prickly
- tetchy
- surly
- stuffy
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FAQs About the word short-tempered
quickly aroused to anger
irritable, quick-tempered, passionate, snippy, pettish, grouchy, cross, testy, irascible, waspish
genial, sweet, outgoing, extraverted, sweet, gregarious, cordial, agreeable, extroverted, sociable
The short-tempered CEO exploded with rage at the slightest provocation.
Her short-tempered nature made it difficult for her to maintain relationships.
The short-tempered toddler threw a tantrum when he didn't get his way.
The police officer was known for his short-tempered outbursts.
