Quick-tempered
Quick-tempered adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Uptight and quick-tempered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Uptight" instead an adjective phrase "Quick-tempered".
Uptight
Uptight adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.
Quick-tempered and uptight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quick-tempered" instead an adjective "Uptight".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- emotional and quick-tempered
- emotional and uptight
- sensitive and quick-tempered
- sensitive and uptight
- impatient and quick-tempered
- impatient and uptight
- irritable and quick-tempered
- irritable and uptight
- testy and quick-tempered
- testy and uptight
- nervous and quick-tempered
- nervous and uptight
- touchy and quick-tempered
- touchy and uptight
Both words in one sentence
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To wit: instead of Felix being an uptight killjoy and Oscar being fun-loving and carefree, it's Felix who is more a bright-eyed and easygoing guy (for the most part), while Oscar is more of an irritable, quick-tempered grump (mainly because Felix gets on his nerves so much).
Source: Theatre / The Odd Couple
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