tinder-like

tinder-like
tinˈder-like adjective (Shakespeare)
Inflammable as tinder
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Main Entry:tinder

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  • quick-tempered — adj impatient, irritable, irascible; high strung, high mettled, temperamental, excitable, impulsive, volatile; hot blooded, hot tempered, fiery, like tinder, like touchwood; testy, touchy, petulant, snappish, peppery, waspish, shrewish; choleric …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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