To lose patience easily: “You never did see such a ________ person.”
| IMPATIENT | 327 |
| QUICK-TEMPERED | 191 |
| SHORT-TEMPERED | 144 |
| TOUCHY | 58 |
| EXCITABLE | 41 |
| NR | 35 |
| NERVOUS | 27 |
| HOTHEADED | 25 |
| HOT-TEMPERED | 22 |
| EXPLOSIVE | 19 |
| IRRITABLE | 18 |
| FLIGHTY | 13 |
| ILL-TEMPERED | 13 |
| HIGH-TEMPERED | 11 |
| SHORT PATIENT | 11 |
| FLIES OFF THE HANDLE | 10 |
| HOTHEAD | 10 |
| FIERY | 9 |
| UNREASONABLE | 9 |
| TEMPERAMENTAL | 8 |
| HIGH-STRUNG | 7 |
| IRASCIBLE | 7 |
| FRACTIOUS | 6 |
| ANGRY | 5 |
| CRANKY | 5 |
| DISAGREEABLE | 5 |
| UNEASY | 5 |
| CRABBY | 4 |
| EASILY UPSET | 4 |
| EDGY | 4 |
| FUSSY | 4 |
| GROUCHY | 4 |
| QUICK-ON-THE-TRIGGER | 4 |
| SENSITIVE | 4 |
| SPITFIRE | 4 |
| BAD-TEMPERED | 3 |
| EMOTIONAL | 3 |
| HAIR-TRIGGER | 3 |
| ORNERY | 3 |
| SOREHEAD | 3 |
| UNSTABLE | 3 |
| CRANK | 2 |
| CRAZY | 2 |
| ERRATIC | 2 |
| FIDGETY | 2 |
| FIRECRACKER | 2 |
| FLUTTER-BUDGET | 2 |
| FLYERY | 2 |
| IDIOT | 2 |
| IMPATIENT PERSON | 2 |
| INCONSISTENT | 2 |
| JUMPY | 2 |
| MEAN | 2 |
| QUEER | 2 |
| QUICK | 2 |
| RADICAL | 2 |
| SHORT PATIENCE | 2 |
| SO EASILY UPSET | 2 |
| THIN-SKINNED | 2 |
| UPSET | 2 |
| WEAK-MINDED | 2 |
| ALWAYS IN A FIZZ | 1 |
| ANNOYED | 1 |
| ASS | 1 |
| CAN’T HOLD STILL | 1 |
| CARRYING ON | 1 |
| CHANGEABLE | 1 |
| COMPLAINING | 1 |
| COULD FLY OFF THE HANDLE SO QUICK | 1 |
| CRAB | 1 |
| CROCHETY | 1 |
| DEMANDING | 1 |
| DIMWIT | 1 |
| DOLT | 1 |
| DOPE | 1 |
| DRAIN | 1 |
| DUMB | 1 |
| DUMB BUNNY | 1 |
| DUMB CLUCK | 1 |
| DUMB DORA | 1 |
| DUMBBELL | 1 |
| DUMBHEAD | 1 |
| DUMMY | 1 |
| EASILY AGGRAVATED | 1 |
| EASILY ANTAGONIZED | 1 |
| EASILY DISTURBED | 1 |
| EASILY IRKED | 1 |
| EASILY OFFENDED | 1 |
| EASILY RILED | 1 |
| EASY TO GET OUT OF HAND | 1 |
| EASY TO RILE | 1 |
| EASY TOUCHED OFF | 1 |
| EXASPERATED | 1 |
| FATHEAD | 1 |
| FIERY-TEMPERED | 1 |
| FIERY-TONGUED | 1 |
| FIGHTY | 1 |
| FINICKY | 1 |
| FIRED UP | 1 |
| FLARES UP | 1 |
| FLIES OFF THE HANDLE RIGHT QUICK | 1 |
| FOOLISH | 1 |
| FRANTIC | 1 |
| FRETFUL | 1 |
| FUNNY | 1 |
| GETS HIS FEATHERS RUFFLED | 1 |
| GETS UPSET ABOUT NOTHING | 1 |
| GETS UPSIDE-DOWN EASY | 1 |
| GIVE UP SO EASILY | 1 |
| GOES HALF-COCKED | 1 |
| GOES OFF HALF-COCKED | 1 |
| GOOF | 1 |
| GOT A SHORT FUSE | 1 |
| GOT A TEMPER | 1 |
| GRIPE | 1 |
| GROUCH | 1 |
| GRUMPY | 1 |
| HAIR-TRIGGERED | 1 |
| HARD GUY TO GET ALONG WITH | 1 |
| HARD-TO-GET-ALONG-WITH | 1 |
| HAS A SHORT CORK | 1 |
| HAS NO TIME FOR YOU | 1 |
| HATEFUL | 1 |
| HEADSTRONG | 1 |
| HIGH PRESSURE | 1 |
| HIGH TEMPER | 1 |
| HIGH-STRUNG PERSON | 1 |
| HOT | 1 |
| HOT AS A FIRECRACKER | 1 |
| HOT ON THE TRIGGER | 1 |
| HOT TEMPER | 1 |
| HYSTERICAL | 1 |
| ILL-NATURED | 1 |
| IMMATURE | 1 |
| IMPETUOUS PERSON | 1 |
| IMPOSSIBLE | 1 |
| INTOLERANT | 1 |
| IRRESPONSIBLE | 1 |
| IRRITATED | 1 |
| IRRITATING | 1 |
| ITCHY | 1 |
| JACK-IN-THE-BOX | 1 |
| JUMPIN’-BOX | 1 |
| LOOSE-BONED | 1 |
| LOSES FAITH TOO EASILY | 1 |
| LUNKHEAD | 1 |
| MAGGOT | 1 |
| MAKES QUICK DECISIONS | 1 |
| MEAN-TEMPERED | 1 |
| MOODY | 1 |
| NAUGHTY | 1 |
| NERVY | 1 |
| NINCOMPOOP | 1 |
| NITWIT | 1 |
| NUT | 1 |
| OLD GROUCHY PERSON | 1 |
| OUT-OF-SORTS PERSON | 1 |
| OUTDONE | 1 |
| OUTRAGEOUS | 1 |
| PATIENTLESS | 1 |
| PEPPERY | 1 |
| PERSON SO MAD SO QUICK | 1 |
| PERSON SO SHORT OF PATIENCE | 1 |
| PERSON TO LOSE HIS TEMPER | 1 |
| QUARRELSOME | 1 |
| QUICK TO FLY OFF THE HANDLE | 1 |
| QUITTER | 1 |
| RASCAL | 1 |
| RASH | 1 |
| REGULAR OLD SOREHEAD | 1 |
| RESTLESS | 1 |
| RIDICULOUS | 1 |
| RUDE | 1 |
| SHARP-TEMPERED | 1 |
| SHORT | 1 |
| SHORT ON PATIENCE | 1 |
| SHORT-FUSED | 1 |
| SHORT-PATIENTED | 1 |
| SILLY THING | 1 |
| SNAPPY | 1 |
| SO EASILY EXCITED | 1 |
| STRANGE | 1 |
| STUPID | 1 |
| STUPID IDIOT | 1 |
| SURLY | 1 |
| TEMPER | 1 |
| TEMPESTUOUS | 1 |
| TICKED OFF | 1 |
| TIGHT-STRUNG | 1 |
| TIRESOME | 1 |
| TOO QUICK TO FLY OFF THE HANDLE | 1 |
| TOP-BLOWER | 1 |
| TOUCHOUS | 1 |
| TRIGGER HAPPY | 1 |
| UGLY | 1 |
| UNBALANCED | 1 |
| UNCONTROLLED | 1 |
| UNPATIENT | 1 |
| UNPATIENT MAN | 1 |
| UNSETTLED | 1 |
| UNSTEADY | 1 |
| UNTHOUGHTFUL | 1 |
| VILE-TEMPERED | 1 |
| VIOLENT | 1 |
| WEAK | 1 |
| WEAK-TEMPERED | 1 |
| WILD | 1 |
| WIRY | 1 |
| WORRIED | 1 |
| WORRISOME | 1 |
| WORRYWART | 1 |
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