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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
short-tempered is an adjective meaning "quickly aroused to anger". It carries one recorded sense.
quickly aroused to anger
“a hotheaded commander”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for short-tempered come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.