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| pet2 |
a sulky mood or fit of temper; peeve; petulance. |
| petulant |
showing or inclined to show sudden or unreasonable irritation, impatience, or ill temper; peevish or sulky. |
| short fuse |
(informal) a quick or explosive temper. |
| spitfire |
a person, esp. a girl or woman, with a quick or fiery temper. [1/2 definitions] |
| spleen |
this organ regarded as the source of certain emotions or characteristic moods, esp. ill temper and spite. [1/2 definitions] |
| sullen |
silently indicating resentment or bad temper. [1/3 definitions] |
| tantrum |
a violent, noisy display of temper, esp. by a young child. |
| temperable |
combined form of temper. |
| tempered |
having a specified kind of temper (usu. used in combination). [1/3 definitions] |
| temper tantrum |
a violent, noisy display of temper, esp. by a young child; tantrum. |
| the last straw |
the final, decisive defeat, failure, indignity, burden, or the like that causes collapse, exhaustion, the losing of one's temper, or the like. |
| the straw that broke the camel's back |
the final, decisive defeat, failure, indignity, burden, or the like that causes collapse, exhaustion, the losing of one's temper, or the like. |
| verjuice |
sourness of temper, expression, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| waspish |
having a quick temper; snappy; irritable. [1/2 definitions] |
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