Modifiers matching sailor:

• short-tempered,
• disobedient,
• idealistic,
• bold,
• authoritarian,
• unsympathetic,
• insolent,
• strong,
• stern,
• resentful,
• loyal,
• rebellious,
• brave,
• defiant,
• tyrannical,
• heroic,
• commanding,
• tenacious,
• repressed,
• principled,
• spirited,
• daring,
• dashing,
• haughty,
• egotistical,
• blasphemous,
• rigid,
• uneducated,
• unsophisticated,

Simple categories matching short-tempered:

• hero,
• person,
• sailor,
• duck,
• hunter,