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Adjective: choleric  kó-lu-rik or ku'le-rik
  1. Easily moved to anger
    "men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing"
     
  2. Quickly aroused to anger
    "a choleric commander";
    - irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered
     
  3. Characterized by anger
    "a choleric outburst";
    - irascible

See also: angry, cross, ill-natured, passionate

Encyclopedia: Choleric