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Definition of Quick-tempered
1. Adjective. Quickly aroused to anger. "A hotheaded commander"
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Choler, Irascibility
Definition of Quick-tempered
1. Adjective. (usually said of a person, but sometimes of an animal) Easily or quickly angered or frustrated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quick-tempered
Literary usage of Quick-tempered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Feebly Inhibited: Nomadism, Or the Wandering Impulse, with Special by Charles Benedict Davenport (1915)
"III-6, quick-tempered; drank periodically; when on a spree had hallucinations and
... Ill, has sick headaches and motor restlessness; is quick-tempered, ..."
2. Some Great Leaders in the World Movement by Robert Elliott Speer (1911)
"His temper—the Lawrences were all naturally quick-tempered—was generally well
under control; but when he felt, like Jonah, ' that he did well to be angry,' ..."
3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... quick to take offense, touchy, quick-tempered, captious; ~ luanne quick (1.
lint 1. hasty) temper, fiery (l. passionate) disposition; ..."
4. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... quick to take offense, touchy, quick-tempered, captious; ~ luonne quick (l.
not 1. hasty) temper, fiery (1. passionate) disposition; ..."
5. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... quick to take offense, touchy, quick-tempered, captious; ... quick-tempered,
rash; hot (-headed), -lähetti express, courier (vars. sot. ..."
6. Pleasant Recollections of Characters and Works of Noble Men: With Old Scenes by John Burgess (1887)
"Many large' and small scholars attended his school, and but few ever were so
viru- .lent and quick-tempered in their administration, yet so fully failed to ..."
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