Definition of "quick temper" [quick temper]

• A feeling of resentful anger (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Flashman shows him briefly as a young staff-officer, before the full flowering of the quick temper and impatient efficiency which were to make the expression "All Sir Garnet" synonymous with the modern "Right on!""
• "She was sincerely ardent in her praises of Tyrrel Rawdon, but -- and there is always a but -- she wondered if Ethel had "noticed what a quick temper he had.""
• "The one thing against him was his quick temper and ready fist, -- a little thing, for which his kind heart and forgiving hand more than atoned."