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- pronunciation:
- ka
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rihk
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k
le
rihk
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
having a quick temper; easily angered.
The choleric coach was quick to yell, swear, and eject players from the game.- synonyms:
- atrabilious, fiery, hot-tempered, hotheaded, irascible, peppery, quick-tempered, short-tempered, testy, waspish
- antonyms:
- mellow, placid
- similar words:
- bellicose, belligerent, bilious, contentious, crabby, cranky, cross, crusty, edgy, fractious, grouchy, huffy, irritable, peevish, pugnacious, quarrelsome, snappish, splenetic, surly, touchy, volatile
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| related words: |
angry, grumpy, ill-natured, moody, sullen |
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| derivations: |
cholerically (adv.), cholericness (n.) |
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