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单词 choleric
释义

choleric

adjective

cho·​ler·​ic ˈkä-lə-rik How to pronounce choleric (audio) kə-ˈler-ik How to pronounce choleric (audio)
1
: easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
a perpetually choleric old grouser
2
: angry, irate
a choleric outburst
cholerically
ˈkä-lə-ri-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce choleric (audio)
kə-ˈler-i-k(ə-)lē
adverb

Synonyms

  • crabby
  • cranky
  • cross
  • crotchety
  • fiery
  • grouchy
  • grumpy
  • irascible
  • irritable
  • peevish
  • perverse
  • pettish
  • petulant
  • prickly
  • quick-tempered
  • raspy
  • ratty
  • short-tempered
  • snappish
  • snappy
  • snarky
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • stuffy
  • testy
  • waspish
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Example Sentences

watch out for the choleric librarian at the reference desk I absolutely get choleric when a telemarketer calls during the dinner hour.
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Word History

Etymology

see cholera

First Known Use

1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

choleric

adjective

cho·​ler·​ic ˈkäl-ə-rik How to pronounce choleric (audio) kə-ˈler-ik How to pronounce choleric (audio)
: easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered

choleric

adjective

1
as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed watch out for the choleric librarian at the reference desk

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • irritable
  • fiery
  • irascible
  • peevish
  • snappish
  • petulant
  • grouchy
  • pettish
  • crotchety
  • waspish
  • grumpy
  • testy
  • crabby
  • passionate
  • short-tempered
  • quick-tempered
  • snarky
  • bilious
  • cross
  • cranky
  • raspy
  • snippy
  • stuffy
  • dyspeptic
  • sensitive
  • bellicose
  • querulous
  • pugnacious
  • perverse
  • prickly
  • ornery
  • cantankerous
  • combative
  • disagreeable
  • belligerent
  • fretful
  • quarrelsome
  • snarly
  • snippety
  • curmudgeonly
  • truculent
  • contentious
  • argumentative
  • short
  • ratty
  • out of humor
  • surly
  • ill-tempered
  • ill-humored
  • sulky
  • tetchy
  • sullen
  • snappy
  • ill-natured
  • disputatious
  • fractious
  • out of sorts
  • cross-grained
  • pouty
  • huffy
  • bearish
  • scrappy
  • off-colored
  • off-color
  • touchy
  • hot-blooded
  • thin-skinned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • outgoing
  • genial
  • affable
  • extroverted
  • amiable
  • gregarious
  • sociable
  • extraverted
  • cordial
  • friendly
  • agreeable
  • companionable
  • sweet
  • easygoing
  • good-tempered
  • carefree
  • good-natured
  • stoical
  • patient
  • stoic
  • tolerant
  • uncomplaining
  • forbearing
  • relaxed
  • well-disposed
  • happy-go-lucky
  • understanding
  • obliging
  • long-suffering
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2
as in angry
feeling or showing anger I absolutely get choleric when a telemarketer calls during the dinner hour

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • angry
  • indignant
  • enraged
  • angered
  • mad
  • infuriated
  • furious
  • outraged
  • ballistic
  • infuriate
  • irritable
  • passionate
  • wrathful
  • rabid
  • apoplectic
  • irate
  • incensed
  • annoyed
  • sore
  • inflamed
  • foaming
  • fuming
  • steaming
  • hot
  • riled
  • livid
  • rankled
  • ireful
  • ticked
  • riley
  • exasperated
  • steamed up
  • roiled
  • wroth
  • shirty
  • enflamed
  • aggravated
  • cheesed off
  • bent out of shape
  • hopping
  • vindictive
  • hopping mad
  • horn-mad
  • spiteful
  • bilious
  • virulent
  • embittered
  • vengeful
  • antagonistic
  • irascible
  • hot under the collar
  • going crook
  • seething
  • in a huff
  • blue in the face
  • boiling
  • acrimonious
  • in a pet
  • raving
  • antipathetic
  • peevish
  • acrid
  • vitriolic
  • malevolent
  • unpleasant
  • sulky
  • smoldering
  • disagreeable
  • resentful
  • stormy
  • dyspeptic
  • fretful
  • snappish
  • ranting
  • petulant
  • pugnacious
  • bristling
  • bristly
  • huffy
  • antisocial
  • rancorous
  • fit to be tied
  • in a fume
  • grouchy
  • quarrelsome
  • belligerent
  • cantankerous
  • teed off
  • bitter
  • grumpy
  • querulous
  • cross
  • crabby
  • ornery
  • ill-tempered
  • testy
  • burning
  • inflammable
  • perturbed
  • cold
  • churlish
  • worked up
  • frigid
  • disputatious
  • icy
  • inimical
  • disapproving
  • cranky
  • unfriendly
  • quick-tempered
  • smouldering
  • ill-humored
  • argumentative
  • sizzling
  • distant
  • sorehead
  • touchy
  • put out
  • fussy
  • piqued
  • contentious
  • bearish
  • contrary
  • cool
  • soreheaded
  • wrought (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • agreeable
  • complaisant
  • delighted
  • pleased
  • accepting
  • sympathetic
  • cordial
  • amenable
  • friendly
  • accommodating
  • happy
  • amicable
  • content
  • tolerant
  • empathetic
  • calm
  • obliging
  • amiable
  • satisfied
  • placid
  • angerless
  • peaceable
  • genial
  • affable
  • sweet
  • pleasant
  • serene
  • easygoing
  • understanding
  • kind
  • tranquil
  • pacific
  • good-tempered
  • good-natured
  • unembittered
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