choleric
1Choleric — Chol er*ic, a. [L. cholericus, Gr. ?: cf. F. chol[ e]rique.] 1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger. [1913 Webster] 3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger.… …
2choleric — index bilious, bitter (penetrating), critical (faultfinding), dyseptic, fractious, petulant, res …
3choleric — (adj.) mid 14c., colrik, bilious of temperament or complexion, from O.Fr. colerique, from L.L. cholericus, from Gk. kholerikos (see CHOLER (Cf. choler)). Meaning easily angered, hot tempered is from 1580s (from the supposed effect of excess… …
4choleric — splenetic, testy, *irascible, touchy, cranky, cross Analogous words: *irritable, fractious, huffy, querulous, petulant, peevish: *angry, acrimonious, wrathful, wroth, indignant, mad, irate: fiery, peppery, spunky (see SPIRITED): captious, carping …
5choleric — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ bad tempered or irritable …
6choleric — [käl′ər ik, kə ler′ik] adj. [ME colerik, having choler as the predominant humor, hence of bilious temperament < OFr colerique < L cholericus < Gr cholerikos: see CHOLERA] 1. having or showing a quick temper or irascible nature 2. Obs. of …
7choleric — [[t]kɒ̱lərɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED A choleric person gets angry very easily. You can also use choleric to describe a person who is very angry. [FORMAL] ...his choleric disposition... Most choleric of all were those who suspected the BBC of foul play.… …
8choleric — cholerically, cholericly, adv. cholericness, n. /kol euhr ik, keuh ler ik/, adj. 1. extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition. 2. Obs. a. bilious. b. causing biliousness. [1300 50; ME colerik < ML colericus bilious …
9choleric — chol|e|ric [ˈkɔlərık US ˈka: ] adj literary bad tempered or angry ▪ He was a choleric, ill tempered man …
10choleric — chol|er|ic [ kalərık, kə lerık ] adjective FORMAL a choleric person becomes angry very easily …
