Short-tempered
Short-tempered adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Shrewish and short-tempered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shrewish" instead an adjective phrase "Short-tempered".
Shrewish
Shrewish adjective - Continually complaining or faultfinding.
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Synonyms for Shrewish
Short-tempered and shrewish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Short-tempered" instead an adjective "Shrewish".
Nearby Word: shrew
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Related pairs
- passionate and short-tempered
- passionate and shrewish
- irritable and short-tempered
- irritable and shrewish
- cranky and short-tempered
- cranky and shrewish
- ill-tempered and short-tempered
- ill-tempered and shrewish
- testy and short-tempered
- testy and shrewish
- touchy and short-tempered
- touchy and shrewish
- fiery and short-tempered
- fiery and shrewish
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