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as in angry
feeling or showing anger I absolutely get choleric when a telemarketer calls during the dinner hour

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Recent Examples of choleric Spiced with verbal humor, the necessary expositional scenes are expeditiously handled, reintroducing such Superman regulars as Jackie Cooper, the Daily Planet’s choleric editor, and Margot Kidder in her familiar role of Lois Lane, girl reporter. Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025 Even outside politics, Mr. Jones’s choleric, wide-eyed style has influenced the way in which a new generation of conspiracy theorists looks for fame online. Kevin Roose, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022 Mask agonists tend to be both crumbly and choleric, a bad combination and ample reason to seek comfort. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022 He is replaced by a choleric, more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent. Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 Both have professed deep affection for the comic-book series about a globe-trotting boy reporter, his wirehaired fox terrier, and his choleric seafaring friend. IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choleric
Adjective
  • Emery was irritable at full time.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, Owens’ youngest child, Titus, who was just a toddler when his mother died, was confused, irritable and inconsolable in the weeks after her death, Dias shared.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Nick went to his grave angry The Citadel had let Marc play that day.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Good intentions, sure, but when is angry bipartisanship not going to be a part of the American culture?
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • During the high-speed chase, the two men were forced off the road, where their car exploded in a fiery crash, killing them both, the BBC reports.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Walston looked at the young upstart actor with a fiery expression.
    Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Everyone has an opinion about the correct address for ladies, and everyone is indignant when others’ choices are different.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Waits' daughter was indignant.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Mistaken as the murderer, Mary is stoned and buried alive in a shallow grave by the enraged townspeople.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The defense attorney, Michael Caesar, told jurors that Bragg became enraged after Gladney outed him as a gay man, and sought revenge.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After 55 years based in Munich, ISPO, one of the world’s largest sporting goods trade fairs and an annual fixture in the sports-mad German city, is moving out.
    Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Elordi's version of the mad scientist's monster boasts pale skin covered in scars, an alarming absence of eyebrows, and ratty dark hair extending past his shoulders.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s how Gibson and Smith both ended up in prison, each furious under the impression that the other had put them there.
    Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Roschman and Billitier immediately called Ozer, furious.
    Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Choleric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choleric. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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