choleric

Of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged.

Of an act, feeling, words, etc.: arising from or showing anger.

(historical) Of a person: having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; also, of a person's complexion or temperament: dominated by choler.

(historical) Of or relating to choler.

(historical) Of a planet or zodiac sign, season, etc.: affecting people having an excess of choler, causing anger or irritability.

Senses relating to cholera (“any of several acute infectious diseases caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium”).

Synonym of choleraic (“of or relating to cholera; also, affected by cholera”).

(no longer used, historical) Of a body organ: affected by or containing choler, especially when abnormal or excessive.

(no longer used, historical) Of a disease or symptom: caused by choler, especially when abnormal or excessive.

(no longer used, historical) Of food: causing an excess of choler in the body.

(no longer used) hot; also, hot and dry.

A person having a tendency to become angry easily; preceded by the: such people collectively.

(historical) A person having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; preceded by the: such people collectively.

Senses relating to cholera.

(no longer used) Synonym of choleraic (“a person suffering from cholera”).