short-tempered
4
4.2
- adjective
- /ˈʃɔrtˌtɛmpərd/
:
irritable
- After a long day, she became short-tempered and snapped at her coworkers.
- get short-tempered
- so short-tempered
- very short-tempered
I think it makes him more short tempered with our kids.
- I think it makes him more short tempered with our kids.
- She became an entirely different person, short tempered, distant and constantly accusing me of being controlling.
- And he was at time short tempered.
- It comes out as being short tempered and easily, easily disappointed and things not going the way I want.
Examples
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She became an entirely different person, short tempered, distant and constantly accusing me of being controlling.
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For those of us who live this day to day, you start to get short-tempered.
Blog text (29) -
I think it makes him more short tempered with our kids.
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Oh, yes, the short-tempered fellow.
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I believe it may be from stress also; Michael is also a bit short-tempered at times.
Blog text (26) -
My brothers and dad are short-tempered.
Blog text (15) -
I can be short-tempered when challenged, I guess like anyone.
Blog text (9) -
I don't know why I've gotten so short-tempered with them.
Fiction book (1996) -
She was unhappy with how she looked, tearful, and short-tempered even with her favorite aunt.
Academic text (2004) -
Parman described him as short-tempered and "a stubborn and forthright battler," quite unlike the model community center director Collier had described twenty years before.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
117
4.2
Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry
32
3.7
Quick to become annoyed or angry
32
7.2
Easily annoyed and quick to get angry
22
8.5
Being bad-tempered and stubborn, often hard to deal with
18
9.6
Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood
9
8.6
Gets angry easily and often argues with people
7
6.2
Quick to become angry and act without thinking
5
5.1
Quick to become angry
5
8.6
Quick to become angry, often at small things
4
5.7
Easily annoyed and quick to get angry
3
9.5
Often bad-tempered and easily annoyed, like a grumpy older person
3
3.5
Quick to get angry or annoyed
2
7.2
Speaking in a short, angry way because you are annoyed
2
9.1
Gets angry easily about small things
1
6.0
To become angry quickly and easily
1
9.6
Quick to become angry and often bad-tempered
1
8.1
Being easily annoyed by small things
1
9.9
Easily become angry and say harsh things
1
8.1
Easily annoyed and quick to speak sharply
1
9.8
Easily annoyed and likely to argue or be unhelpful
1
9.7
Feeling annoyed and in a bad mood
1
9.9
Quick to become angry or take offense
1
7.0
Being often in a bad mood and unfriendly
Quick to speak in a rude or angry way that hurts others
Becoming easily annoyed and acting in a bad-tempered way
Being easily annoyed and bad-tempered, often showing impatience
Being easily annoyed and often unkind to others
Being a little angry and easily annoyed with people
Antonyms
How Angry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Short-tempered breaks into short ('brief') and temper ('mood' or 'anger'), giving a clear picture of its meaning. So a short-tempered person has a 'brief' temper and gets angry quickly.