Definition of "quick-tempered" []

• Easily aroused to anger. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "She is the only member of the group who could be described as quick-tempered."
• "He killed for the love of it—because he was quick-tempered—to avoid arrest—for his own amusement—any reason that came to his mind would suffice."
• "I'd like to say that having cancer improved the parts of my personality that I'm not so keen on – my impatient, quick-tempered side."