| acerbity |
sharpness or severity of temper or manner. [1/2 definitions] |
| bad-tempered |
having a bad temper or mood; cranky; irritable. |
| bile |
ill temper or anger. [1/2 definitions] |
| blowup |
a violent outburst of temper or argument. [1/3 definitions] |
| blow up |
(informal) to lose one's temper. [1/3 definitions] |
| boiling point |
(informal) the point at which one loses control of one's temper. [1/2 definitions] |
| choleric |
having a quick temper; easily angered. |
| dander |
(informal) capacity for anger; temper. [1/2 definitions] |
| fly off the handle |
to become very angry; lose one's temper (an informal use). |
| get up on the wrong side of the bed |
to be in an irritable temper, as from the earliest part of the day. |
| good-tempered |
having a good temper; not easily angered or irritated; amiable; good-natured. |
| hasty |
quick to become inflamed, as one's temper. [1/3 definitions] |
| hothead |
a person who angers or loses his or her temper easily. [1/2 definitions] |
| hot-tempered |
having a short temper; easily angered. |
| huff |
a state of bad temper; an angry mood. [1/2 definitions] |
| jade2 |
a woman with a bad temper or reputation. [1/3 definitions] |
| keep one's shirt on |
(informal) to stop oneself from becoming angry or losing patience; hold one's temper. |
| last straw |
the most recent in a series of irritations or disappointments, which causes a loss of endurance, patience, temper, or the like. |
| mercurial |
volatile in temper; changeable; fickle. [1/2 definitions] |
| mollify |
to lessen the violence, harshness, or intensity of; temper. [1/3 definitions] |
| out of sorts |
in a bad temper. [1/2 definitions] |