choleric

  • 11choleric — adjective literary bad tempered or angry: an unbalanced choleric individual …

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  • 12choleric — UK [ˈkɒlərɪk] / US [ˈkɑlərɪk] / US [kəˈlerɪk] adjective formal a choleric person becomes angry very easily …

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  • 13choleric — chol•er•ic [[t]ˈkɒl ər ɪk, kəˈlɛr ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition[/ex] 2) med Obs. a) bilious b) causing biliousness • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < ML colericus bilious, L cholericus < Gk …

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  • 14Choleric temperament — Choleric Chol er*ic, a. [L. cholericus, Gr. ?: cf. F. chol[ e]rique.] 1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger. [1913 Webster] 3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by …

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  • 15choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …

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  • 16choleric — adjective Date: 1566 1. easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger ; hot tempered 2. angry, irate • cholerically adverb …

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  • 17choleric — adjective /ˈkɑlɝɪk,kəˈlɛɹɪk/ a) Easily becoming angry. b) Showing or expressing anger. Syn: wrathful, irate, angry, indignant, vexed See Also …

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  • 18choleric — SYN: bilious (3). * * * cho·ler·ic käl ə rik, kə ler ik adj easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger: hot tempered …

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  • 19choleric — Synonyms and related words: acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrimonious, ambivert, angry, bilious, bitter, burning, captious, carping, caustic, cranky, cycloid, cyclothyme, cyclothymic, dyspeptic, ectomorph,… …

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  • 20choleric — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. irritable, quick tempered, peevish, irascible; see irritable . See Synonym Study at irritable . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. quick tempered, irritable, angry, hotheaded, irascible, touchy, grouchy, *short fused,… …

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