Bad tempered and Short-spoken

Short-spoken and bad tempered are semantically related. in abrupt topic. In some cases you can use "Short-spoken" instead an adjective phrase "Bad tempered".

Short-spoken adjective - Being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner.

Bad tempered and short-spoken are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Bad tempered" with "Short-spoken", this phrases are similar.