Cantankerous
Cantankerous adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.
Hot-tempered and cantankerous are semantically related. in bad-tempered topic. In some cases you can use "Hot-tempered" instead an adjective "Cantankerous".
Hot-tempered
Hot-tempered adjective - Quickly aroused to anger.
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Synonyms for Hot-tempered
Cantankerous and hot-tempered are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cantankerous" instead an adjective phrase "Hot-tempered".
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Related pairs
- irritable and cantankerous
- irritable and hot-tempered
- cranky and cantankerous
- cranky and hot-tempered
- ill-tempered and cantankerous
- ill-tempered and hot-tempered
- disagreeable and cantankerous
- disagreeable and hot-tempered
- short-tempered and cantankerous
- short-tempered and hot-tempered
- testy and cantankerous
- testy and hot-tempered
- touchy and cantankerous
- touchy and hot-tempered
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