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adjective
- 1. bad-tempered or irritable: "he was a choleric, self-important little man"
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The meaning of CHOLERIC is easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered. How to use choleric in a sentence.
Choleric means very angry or easily annoyed, and is a formal adjective derived from the classical element of fire. Learn more about its synonyms, usage, and origin from Cambridge Dictionary.
Choleric doesn’t just mean “angry”—you wouldn’t use it to describe someone who was angry in one particular situation. Instead, choleric is applied to the kind of people who have a short fuse and are just about always getting angry about something.
very angry or easily annoyed. Synonyms. irascible formal. short-tempered. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Angry and displeased. acridly. acrimoniously. aggrieved. amused. fed up to the back teeth idiom. fired up. fit to be tied idiom. fractiously. not be a happy camper idiom. outraged. peeved. piqued. pissed off. venomous. warpath.
Choleric means having or showing a quick temper or irascible nature. It is also an obsolete term for bilious or causing biliousness. See examples, pronunciation, and word origin of choleric.
Are you easy to tick off? Known to have a short fuse? Then, you could be described as choleric. Don't worry; it's not a disease related to cholera. Choleric just means you're testy and irritable.
Definition of choleric adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
