Synonyms of choleric

choleric

adjective

ˈkä-lə-rik 

1

as in irritable

easily irritated or annoyed

watch out for the choleric librarian at the reference desk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritable
• fiery
• irascible
• peevish
• petulant
• snappish
• grouchy
• crotchety
• pettish
• waspish
• grumpy
• testy
• passionate
• crabby
• cross
• short-tempered
• snarky
• quick-tempered
• out of humor
• raspy
• stuffy
• bilious
• out of sorts
• snippy
• cranky
• sensitive
• perverse
• prickly
• dyspeptic
• querulous
• cantankerous
• ornery
• pugnacious
• disagreeable
• combative
• bellicose
• short
• contentious
• belligerent
• fretful
• ratty
• snippety
• argumentative
• quarrelsome
• curmudgeonly
• snarly
• surly
• truculent
• snappy
• ill-tempered
• sulky
• ill-natured
• sullen
• ill-humored
• fractious
• tetchy
• disputatious
• cross-grained
• pouty
• bearish
• off-colored
• scrappy
• huffy
• off-color
• thin-skinned
• touchy
• hot-blooded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outgoing
• genial
• affable
• extroverted
• cordial
• gregarious
• sociable
• friendly
• extraverted
• amiable
• companionable
• sweet
• agreeable
• good-natured
• easygoing
• carefree
• good-tempered
• patient
• relaxed
• stoical
• well-disposed
• tolerant
• stoic
• uncomplaining
• forbearing
• long-suffering
• understanding
• obliging
• happy-go-lucky

2

as in angry

feeling or showing anger

I absolutely get choleric when a telemarketer calls during the dinner hour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angry
• indignant
• enraged
• mad
• angered
• furious
• outraged
• infuriated
• ballistic
• infuriate
• passionate
• irritable
• rabid
• wrathful
• apoplectic
• irate
• sore
• inflamed
• incensed
• hot
• annoyed
• livid
• ireful
• foaming
• fuming
• steaming
• riled
• bent out of shape
• in a huff
• blue in the face
• hopping mad
• hot under the collar
• in a pet
• exasperated
• wroth
• enflamed
• in a fume
• fit to be tied
• shirty
• aggravated
• cheesed off
• hopping
• rankled
• horn-mad
• ticked
• roiled
• vindictive
• going crook
• virulent
• spiteful
• antagonistic
• vengeful
• embittered
• steamed up
• boiling
• seething
• bilious
• unpleasant
• acrimonious
• irascible
• malevolent
• riley
• vitriolic
• resentful
• stormy
• acrid
• disagreeable
• antipathetic
• sulky
• bristly
• peevish
• smouldering
• bristling
• antisocial
• rancorous
• dyspeptic
• ranting
• fretful
• huffy
• petulant
• smoldering
• pugnacious
• snappish
• teed off
• cantankerous
• bitter
• cross
• belligerent
• grouchy
• quarrelsome
• grumpy
• querulous
• worked up
• inflammable
• burning
• testy
• ornery
• crabby
• inimical
• icy
• raving
• ill-tempered
• frigid
• cold
• churlish
• perturbed
• unfriendly
• distant
• sizzling
• disapproving
• wrought (up)
• disputatious
• cranky
• argumentative
• quick-tempered
• ill-humored
• touchy
• fussy
• contentious
• sorehead
• bearish
• contrary
• cool
• soreheaded
• piqued
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agreeable
• delighted
• pleased
• accepting
• complaisant
• amenable
• friendly
• cordial
• accommodating
• sympathetic
• happy
• content
• amicable
• satisfied
• tolerant
• obliging
• calm
• empathetic
• angerless
• placid
• amiable
• peaceable
• sweet
• pleasant
• understanding
• serene
• genial
• affable
• good-natured
• kind
• easygoing
• tranquil
• pacific
• good-tempered
• unembittered

Examples of choleric in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Answering the question now is choleric. —John Baldoni, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021

Even outside politics, Mr. Jones’s choleric, wide-eyed style has influenced the way in which a new generation of conspiracy theorists looks for fame online. —Kevin Roose, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022

Mask agonists tend to be both crumbly and choleric, a bad combination and ample reason to seek comfort. —Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022

He is replaced by a choleric, more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent. —Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021