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:
- argumentative
- out-of-humor
- tetchy
- sulky
- quarrelsome
- disputatious
- ratty
- perverse
- surly
- off-color
- pouty
- ill-natured
- sensitive
- ill-tempered
- prickly
- out-of-sorts
- truculent
- dyspeptic
- contentious
- curmudgeonly
- cross-grained
- bellicose
- bearish
- belligerent
- bilious
- snippety
- scrappy
- combative
- cantankerous
- fractious
- touchy
- stuffy
- fretful
- off-colored
- ornery
- thin-skinned
- ill-humored
- raspy
- short
- huffy
- sullen
- snappy
- pugnacious
- disagreeable
- snarly
- querulous
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word short-tempered
quickly aroused to anger
irritable, crotchety, irascible, peevish,fiery, crabby, snarky, testy, petulant, snappish
extraverted, affable, genial, good-natured, sociable, extroverted, companionable, good-natured, companionable, sweet
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.
