choleric

Questions about choleric

What does choleric mean?

choleric means "easily moved to anger". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in choleric?

choleric has 3 syllables: cho-le-ric. The stress falls on "cho". In IPA it is /ˈkɑlɚɪk/.

What is another word for choleric?

Close synonyms include irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is choleric a common word?

choleric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.