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choleric
chol·er·ic C0320300 (kŏl′ə-rĭk, kə-lĕr′ĭk)adj.1. a. Easily angered; bad-tempered.b. Archaic Having choler as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.2. Showing or expressing anger: choleric remarks.
chol′er·i·cal·ly, chol′er·ic·ly adv.choleric (ˈkɒlərɪk) adj1. bad-tempered2. (Pathology) bilious or causing biliousness ˈcholerically, ˈcholericly advchol•er•ic (ˈkɒl ər ɪk, kəˈlɛr ɪk)
adj. 1. extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition. 2. Obs. a. bilious. b. causing biliousness. [1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin colericus bilious, Latin cholericus < Greek cholerikós. See cholera, -ic] chol′er•i•cal•ly, chol′er•ic•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | choleric - easily moved to anger; "men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing"- H.G.Wellspassionate - having or expressing strong emotions | | 2. | choleric - quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"hotheaded, hot-tempered, irascible, quick-tempered, short-temperedill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition | | 3. | choleric - characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"irascibleangry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers" |
cholericadjective bad-tempered, cross, angry, irritable, touchy, petulant, ill-tempered, irascible, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), hot-tempered, quick-tempered He plays a choleric old schoolmaster.cholericadjective1. Easily annoyed:irascible, peppery, quick-tempered, testy, tetchy, touchy.2. Feeling or showing anger:angry, indignant, mad.Informal: sore.Idiom: hot under the collar.TranslationsCholeric
Choleric (religion, spiritualism, and occult)Choleric is the traditional name for the personality temperament indicated by an excess of the element fire. choleric
bil·ious (bil'yŭs), 1. Synonym(s): biliary2. Relating to or characteristic of biliousness. 3. Formerly, denoting a temperament characterized by a quick, irritable temper. Synonym(s): cholericcholeric (1) Bilious (obsolete usage).
(2) Irascible; temperamental.bil·ious (bil'yŭs) 1. Relating to or characteristic of biliousness. 2. Formerly, denoting a temperament characterized by a quick, irritable temper.
Synonym(s): choleric. choleric
Related to choleric: melancholicSynonyms for cholericadj bad-temperedSynonyms- bad-tempered
- cross
- angry
- irritable
- touchy
- petulant
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- tetchy
- ratty
- testy
- chippy
- hot-tempered
- quick-tempered
Synonyms for cholericadj easily annoyedSynonyms- irascible
- peppery
- quick-tempered
- testy
- tetchy
- touchy
adj feeling or showing angerSynonymsSynonyms for cholericadj easily moved to angerRelated Wordsadj quickly aroused to angerSynonyms- hotheaded
- hot-tempered
- irascible
- quick-tempered
- short-tempered
Related Wordsadj characterized by angerSynonymsRelated Words |