Short-tempered
Short-tempered adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Usage example: shop customers learned not to bother the short-tempered dog on their way out
Truculent and short-tempered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Truculent" instead an adjective phrase "Short-tempered".
Truculent
Truculent adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Short-tempered and truculent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Short-tempered" instead an adjective "Truculent".
Nearby Word: truculently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rude and short-tempered
- rude and truculent
- harsh and short-tempered
- harsh and truculent
- ill-tempered and short-tempered
- ill-tempered and truculent
- surly and short-tempered
- surly and truculent
- sharp and short-tempered
- sharp and truculent
- fractious and short-tempered
- fractious and truculent
- fiery and short-tempered
- fiery and truculent
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Truculent and Short-tempered. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/short-tempered/truculent
Short-tempered & Truculent. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/short-tempered/truculent>.
Truculent or Short-tempered. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/short-tempered/truculent.
