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Definition

easily moved to anger; or characterized by anger

choleric = easily moved to anger

Gordon was a man by nature ill-suited to be a schoolmaster: he was impatient and choleric.
Maugham, W. Somerset -- Of Human Bondage
If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him.
Sun, Tzu -- The Art of War
And let a man beware, how he keepeth company with choleric and quarrelsome persons; for they will engage him into their own quarrels.
Bacon, Sir Francis -- The Essays
a choleric outburst
men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing
The choleric face which Mr. Meagles turned upon him smoothed when he saw who it was, and he put out his friendly hand.
Dickens, Charles -- Little Dorrit
That in the captain's but a choleric word
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
William Shakespeare -- Measure for Measure

choleric = angry

choleric = easily moved to anger

choleric = angry

He had, in fact, been a favorite steed of his master's, the choleric Van Ripper, who was a furious rider, and had infused, very probably, some of his own spirit into the animal; for, old and broken-down as he looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country.
Washington Irving -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

choleric = easily moved to anger

Go show your slaves how choleric you are,
Shakespeare, William -- Julius Caesar
...cried the old gentleman in a choleric manner.
Dickens, Charles -- Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty
He is an elderly man, red-faced, white-haired, and choleric.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan -- The Hound of the Baskervilles
And as his temperament was choleric there were fellows who were actually afraid of him.
Conrad, Joseph -- The Shadow Line
The choleric M'Dougal took the lead in these railings, being, as has been observed, a little puffed up with the idea of being Mr.
Irving, Washington -- Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains
the unruly waywardness that infirm and choleric years bring with
Shakespeare, William -- King Lear
I see his head,' exclaimed the choleric old man; 'damme, I see his head.
Dickens, Charles -- The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club
I fear it is too choleric a meat.
Shakespeare, William -- The Taming of the Shrew
On hearing this the regimental commander hung his head, silently shrugged his shoulders, and spread out his arms with a choleric gesture.
Tolstoy, Leo -- War and Peace

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