adj .
hot-tempered ; quick to anger 성급한 ; 화를 잘 내는

• The _____ watchdog would sink his teeth into anyone who came within biting distance of his doghouse.
• When the grumpy old man was in one of his _____ moods, the childeren refused to go near hem.
  심술궂은 그 노인이 화가 나 있는 분위기라면, 아이들은 그에게 가까이 다가가기를 꺼렸다.
• The _____ administrator kept all the secretaries in a state of terror.