Sentence examples for short-tempered from inspiring English sources

The word "short-tempered" is correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used to describe a person who tends to become angry very quickly in a particular situation. For example, "He was known to be short-tempered when it came to arguments about politics".

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short-tempered

adjective

Of or pertaining to a person who is easily angered, who is known to frequently lose his or her temper.

  • She is so short-tempered that people avoid her company.

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Now she's short-tempered".

He's very short-tempered".

The stress leaves him exhausted, short-tempered.

Trin was anxious, cold and short-tempered.

People get nervous and short-tempered.

He says she is too short-tempered.

He is fastidious, short-tempered, losing his teeth.

These frustrations made him ferociously short-tempered for life.

But he's also grumpy, short-tempered and complicated.

The tough, short-tempered prince is a conservative, even by Saudi standards.

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"He was short tempered and abrupt in his reactions sometimes," Mr. Eissa said.

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