Meanings
comparative more quick-tempered · superlative most quick-tempered
- Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.
He was a quick-tempered fellow who was generally avoided by his co-workers.
Synonyms: hot-headed, short-tempered, temperamental, emotional, irascible
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveEasily or quickly angered or frustrated.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivequickly aroused to anger
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ὀξύθυμος
- ὀξύθυμος (oxúthumos)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
Bulgarian сприхав, избухлив
- сприхав (sprihav)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
- избухлив (izbuhliv)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
Chinese Mandarin 急性子, 性急
- 急性子 (jíxìngzi)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
- 性急 (xìngjí)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
Finnish äkkipikainen
- äkkipikaineneasily or quickly angered or frustrated
French colérique
- colériqueeasily or quickly angered or frustrated
German hitzig
- hitzigeasily or quickly angered or frustrated
Greek οξύθυμος, ευέξαπτος
- οξύθυμος (oxýthymos)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
- ευέξαπτος (evéxaptos)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
Irish mear, tobann
- meareasily or quickly angered or frustrated
- tobanneasily or quickly angered or frustrated
Japanese 怒りっぽい, 短気
- 怒りっぽい (okorippoi)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
- 短気 (tanki)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
Russian вспы́льчивый, раздражи́тельный
- вспы́льчивый (vspýlʹčivyj)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
- раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
- несде́ржанный (nesdéržannyj)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
- горя́чий (gorjáčij)easily or quickly angered or frustrated
Spanish calentón
- calentóneasily or quickly angered or frustrated
Cite this entry
quick-tempered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quick-tempered
“quick-tempered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quick-tempered. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quick-tempered,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quick-tempered.
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