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short-sightedShort-sightedness
short-snouted
short-spoken
short-spurred
short-spurred fragrant orchid
short-staffed
short-stalked
short-staple cotton
short-stemmed
short-stop
short-stop bath
short-tailed
short-tailed shrew
short-term
short-term memory
short-termism
short-time
short-toed eagle
Short-waisted
short-wave
short-weight
Short-winded
Short-winged
Short-wited
Short-witted
shortage
shortbread
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered]
Merriam Webster's
adjective Date: 1877 having a quick temper
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
Someone who is short-tempered gets angry very quickly. I'm a bit short-tempered sometimes. ADJ
Moby Thesaurus
abrupt, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrimonious, bearish, bluff, brusque, caustic, crabbed, crabby, crusty, curt, disagreeable, discourteous, grouchy, gruff, irascible, irritable, peevish, peremptory, petulant, rude, short, shrewish, snappish, surly, tart, terse, testy, touchy, waspish
