Choleric

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Easily angered; bad-tempered.
  • adjective. Having choler as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
  • adjective. Showing or expressing anger.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A bounding with choler or bile; bilious.
  • Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger; angry: as, a choleric temper.
  • Indicating or expressing anger; prompted by anger; angry: as, a choleric speech.
  • Synonyms Testy, touchy, peppery, irritable.
  • noun. A person of a bilious or choleric temperament.
  • noun. A person suffering from cholera.
  • Same as choleraic. Syd. Soc. Lex.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile.
  • adjective. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
  • adjective. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger.
  • adjective. the bilious temperament.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Easily becoming angry.
  • adjective. Showing or expressing anger.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. quickly aroused to anger
  • adjective. characterized by anger
  • adjective. easily moved to anger
    • Word Usage
    "The third temperament is called choleric; it applies to the hard-driving, “get things done” kind of person."
    Equivalent
    angry  ill-natured  passionate  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cantankerous  captious  combative  egotistical  excitable  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acerb  acerbate  acerbic  acid  acidic  
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