short fuse

noun

: a tendency to get angry easily : a quick temper

… was seen as the bad guy, the one whose short fuse was scary, destructive and uncontrollable.—

Rick Telander

short-fused

ˈshȯrt-ˌfyüzd

adjective

… a fiery and short-fused 30-year-old driver as well known for tantrums and bad behavior as he is for being the best rookie in history … —

The New York Times

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Failing to do so risks upsetting a leader with a short fuse and the power to sink a company’s stock or ignite a boycott with a single social media post. —

Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024 Sofia doesn’t take kindly to this revelation, exhibiting the short fuse that lights up real quick whenever a cornered man is trying to feed her a story to save his own ass. —

Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024 The men, with their flaws—even kind, stalwart Atlas has a very short fuse, a yellow flag if not a red one—are far more interesting than Lily is. —

Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024 Tania Johnson) Bomb squad technician Tania Johnson has a short fuse but a caring spark in her eye. —

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