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short-stemmed |
short-stop |
short-stop bath |
short-tailed |
short-tailed shrew |
short-tempered
| short-term
| short-term memory
| short-toed eagle
| short-waisted
| short-winded
short-tempered
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective short-tempered has 1 sense
- short-tempered(s = adj.all) choleric, hot-tempered, hotheaded, irascible, quick-tempered - quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"
THESAURUS
short-tempered
abrupt, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrimonious, bearish, bluff, brusque, caustic, crabbed, crabby, crusty, curt, disagreeable, discourteous, grouchy, gruff, irascible, irritable, peevish, peremptory, petulant, rude, short, shrewish, snappish, surly, tart, terse, testy, touchy, waspish
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