choleric
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
easily moved to anger
men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing
Related & opposite
- anger derivation
- passionate similar to
Sense 2 adjective
quickly aroused to anger
a hotheaded commander
Related & opposite
- anger derivation
- irascibility derivation
- ill-natured similar to
Sense 3 adjective
characterized by anger
a choleric outburst
Related & opposite
- anger derivation
- irascibility derivation
- angry similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | anger |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | passionate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | anger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | irascibility |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ill-natured |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | anger |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | irascibility |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | angry |