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choleric
Meaning: easily angered and often irritable
choleric in a sentence
How choleric is used in real sentences:
The choleric director erupted when the rehearsal began five minutes late.
The choleric landlord snapped at tenants who asked simple questions.
“By contrast, the choleric construction supervisor snapped at every delay and blamed the scientists for a problem his drills had probably caused.”
— from the passage The Tremor Above
“The rehearsal soured when Dorian, the choleric lead actor, erupted because a chair had been placed six inches from its mark.”
— from the passage The Chair at Center Stage
Synonyms for choleric
Other words for choleric — irascible, irritable and testy — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of choleric
Words that mean the opposite of choleric:
Where it comes from
From Greek khole, meaning 'bile,' once linked with anger.
Memory hook
CHOLERIC sounds like COLLAR-ICK: a tight collar makes you irritable.