Definition: (adjective) Quickly aroused to anger.
Synonyms: hot-tempered, hotheaded, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered.
Usage: Gordon was a man by nature ill-suited to be a schoolmaster: he was impatient and choleric.
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