Meaning of CHOLERIC
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâlurik
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- [adj] characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"
- [adj] quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"
- [adj] easily moved to anger; "men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing"- H.G.Wells
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| | Synonyms: | | angry, hotheaded, hot-tempered, ill-natured, irascible, passionate, quick-tempered, short, short-tempered |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Chol"er*ic\, a. [L. cholericus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
chol['e]rique.]
1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. --Dryden.
2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. ``Choleric
speech.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.
{Choleric temperament}, the bilious temperament.
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| | Related Terms: | | acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrimonious, ambivert, angry, bilious, bitter, burning, captious, carping, caustic, cranky, cycloid, cyclothyme, cyclothymic, dyspeptic, ectomorph, embittered, endomorph, extrovert, faultfinding, fiery, heated, hot-tempered, indignant, introvert, irate, ireful, jaundiced, mad, melancholic, mesomorph, phlegmatic, quick-tempered, rancorous, rankled, ratty, resentful, resenting, sanguine, schizoid, schizothyme, sore, sour, soured, sour-tempered, splenetic, spunky, stewing, syntone, testy, tetchy, touchy, vinegarish, virulent, waxy, wrathful, wrathy, wroth |
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