choleric
IPA: kˈɑɫɝɪk
noun
- A person with a choleric temperament.
- A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).
adjective
- (according to theories of the four humours or temperaments) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
- Showing or expressing anger.
- Of or relating to cholera (infectious disease).
- (obsolete) Causing an excess of choler.
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Examples of "choleric" in Sentences
- This is clearly not choleric
- A person who is choleric is a doer.
- The choleric looked like a choleric.
- I suffer from occasional choleric imbalances.
- But unfortunately you have a choleric temperament.
- Choleric people have energy, passion and charisma.
- His name remains a byword for a choleric disposition.
- If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him.
- Doctor Slop' is a choleric physician in Sterne's 'Tristram Shandy'.
- Spiritual types are Vitriolic, Phlegmatic, Choleric and Melancholic.
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