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Quick temper   /kwɪk tˈɛmpər/   Listen
Quick temper

noun
1.
A feeling of resentful anger.  Synonyms: irascibility, short temper, spleen.






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"Quick temper" Quotes from Famous Books



... "A quick temper and a heart of gold," I said. "If the devil has it, he is lucky, and—well, I should like to be in ...
— D'Ri and I • Irving Bacheller

... fellow, this is preposterous,"—I began, thoroughly exasperated at such treatment, and keenly anxious not to lose even the most slender chance of communicating with the strangers. But the fellow would permit no argument, his quick temper caught fire instantly at the merest suggestion of remonstrance on my part, and he cut me short by ...
— The Castaways • Harry Collingwood

... of tongues grew louder. Burroughs' quick temper suffered from McDevitt's repeated assertion that Americans were ruining the fur trade by paying the Indians more than ...
— A Man of Two Countries • Alice Harriman

... years a man of, perhaps, German origin will think kindly of the whole irresponsible Irish race when he remembers little Bridget O'Connor, who sat across the aisle in the old Cherry Street school, her quick temper and ...
— New Faces • Myra Kelly

... in England and thy father speaks of bending somewhat thy quick temper to the mould of self-control as a safer parry to Scotch thrust; so I conclude the gentleman ...
— Mistress Penwick • Dutton Payne


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