chol·er·ic

(kŏl′ə-rĭk, kə-lĕr′ĭk)

adj.

a. Easily angered; bad-tempered.

b. Archaic Having choler as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.

2. Showing or expressing anger: choleric remarks.

chol′er·i·cal·ly, chol′er·ic·ly adv.

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choleric

(ˈkɒlərɪk)

adj

1. bad-tempered

2. (Pathology) bilious or causing biliousness

ˈcholerically, ˈcholericly adv

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chol•er•ic

(ˈkɒl ər ɪk, kəˈlɛr ɪk)

adj.

1. extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition.

2. Obs.

a. bilious.

b. causing biliousness.

[1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin colericus bilious, Latin cholericus < Greek cholerikós. See cholera, -ic]

chol′er•i•cal•ly, chol′er•ic•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	choleric - easily moved to anger; "men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing"- H.G.Wells passionate - having or expressing strong emotions
	2.	choleric - quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" hotheaded, hot-tempered, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
	3.	choleric - characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response" irascible angry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"

choleric

adjective bad-tempered, cross, angry, irritable, touchy, petulant, ill-tempered, irascible, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), hot-tempered, quick-tempered He plays a choleric old schoolmaster.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

choleric

adjective

1. Easily annoyed:

irascible, peppery, quick-tempered, testy, tetchy, touchy.

2. Feeling or showing anger:

angry, indignant, mad.

Informal: sore.

Idiom: hot under the collar.

Translations

choleric

[ˈkɒlərɪk] ADJ → colérico

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

choleric

[ˈkɒlərɪk] adj (formal) [person, nature] → colérique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

choleric

adj → cholerisch, leicht aufbrausend

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chol·er·ic

a. colérico-a.

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