Examples of short-tempered

• We all know him, and the situation must indeed be grave if he becomes short-tempered like that.

• There is considerable strength of concern about the value of distraint and, more irritable and short-tempered and wants to get to bed.

• It is so easy, when one is interested in something, to get a little short-tempered.

• They react with the indignation of the short-tempered owner trying to house-train a puppy when he thinks that his will is being thwarted.

• The keepers, or the ringleaders if you like, have become jumpy and short-tempered and prone to disagree with each other, the crowd restless and hungry for stronger doses of sensation.

• She is a nice, carefree, confident yet short-tempered girl who lives on a farm with her father.

• He is primarily characterized by his brusque, taciturn, and often short-tempered demeanor.

• An overly confident youth who is short-tempered, cocky and emotional, he's known for mouthing off to others, although he's very smart.