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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Choleric \Chol"er*ic\, a. [L. cholericus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
     chol['e]rique.]
     1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. ``Choleric
        speech.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Choleric temperament, the bilious temperament.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Choleric \Chol"er*ic\, a. [L. cholericus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
     chol['e]rique.]
     1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. --Dryden.
  
     2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
  
     3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. ``Choleric
        speech.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.
  
     Choleric temperament, the bilious temperament.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  choleric
       adj 1: easily moved to anger; "men of the choleric type take to
              kicking and smashing"- H.G.Wells
       2: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: irascible,
           hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short, short-tempered]
       3: characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible
          response" [syn: irascible]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  choleric
     a.
     1 (''according to theories of the four
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/humorism or
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20temperaments'') Having a
  temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
     2 Showing or expressing anger.
     n.
     1 A person with a choleric temperament.
     2 A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  choleric
     a.
     1 (''according to theories of the four
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/humorism or
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20temperaments'') Having a
  temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
     2 Showing or expressing anger.
     n.
     1 A person with a choleric temperament.
     2 A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  choleric
     a.
     1 (''according to theories of the four
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/humorism or
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20temperaments'') Having a
  temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
     2 Showing or expressing anger.
     n.
     1 A person with a choleric temperament.
     2 A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  choleric
     a.
     1 (''according to theories of the four
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/humorism or
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20temperaments'') Having a
  temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
     2 Showing or expressing anger.
     n.
     1 A person with a choleric temperament.
     2 A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  choleric
     Englanti a.
     kiivasluonteinen, koleerinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  choleric
     Engelska a.
     kolerisk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Choleric /kəʊlˈɛɹɪk/
  غاضب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  choleric //kɘˈliəɹɘk// //kəˈlɛɹɪk// //ˈkɑlɝɪk// //ˈkɒl(ə)ɹɪk// //ˈkɔl(ɘ)ɹɘk// 
  раздразнителен, сприхав
  easily becoming angry

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  choleric /kəʊlˈɛɹɪk/ 
  cholerický

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  choleric /kəʊlˈɛɹɪk/
  cholerisch 
     Synonyms: irascible, quick-tempered, hotheaded, hot-tempered

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  choleric //kɘˈliəɹɘk// //kəˈlɛɹɪk// //ˈkɑlɝɪk// //ˈkɒl(ə)ɹɪk// //ˈkɔl(ɘ)ɹɘk// 
  koleerinen, raivoisa
  easily becoming angry

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  choleric /kəʊlˈɛɹɪk/
  koleričan, ljut

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  choleric /kəʊlˈɛɹɪk/
  robbanékony

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  choleric /kəʊlˈɛɹɪk/ 
  colérico

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  choleric //kɘˈliəɹɘk// //kəˈlɛɹɪk// //ˈkɑlɝɪk// //ˈkɒl(ə)ɹɪk// //ˈkɔl(ɘ)ɹɘk// 
  kolerisk
  easily becoming angry

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈkɑɫɝɪk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "choleric":
     acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous,
     acrimonious, ambivert, angry, bilious, bitter, burning, captious,
     carping, caustic, cranky, cycloid, cyclothyme, cyclothymic,
     dyspeptic, ectomorph, embittered, endomorph, extrovert,
     faultfinding, fiery, heated, hot-tempered, indignant, introvert,
     irate, ireful, jaundiced, mad, melancholic, mesomorph, phlegmatic,
     quick-tempered, rancorous, rankled, ratty, resentful, resenting,
     sanguine, schizoid, schizothyme, sore, sour, sour-tempered, soured,
     splenetic, spunky, stewing, syntone, testy, tetchy, touchy,
     vinegarish, virulent, waxy, wrathful, wrathy, wroth

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 易怒的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 易怒的

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