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Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile.

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  1. a. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile.
  2. a. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
  3. a. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger.
  4. adj. easily moved to anger
  5. adj. quickly aroused to anger
  6. adj. characterized by anger
  7. 1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. Dryden. 2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger. 3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. "Choleric speech." Sir W. Raleigh. Choleric temperament, the bilious temperament.
  8. j:100 s. easily moved to anger s. quickly aroused to anger s. characterized by anger