hot-tempered
Americanadjective
Vocabulary lists containing hot-tempered
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A welter of memoirs and biographies have traced their colorful lives as well as their relationships with one another and with their hot-tempered father, David.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Detractors considered him a hot-tempered, arrogant bully and dubbed him "Hurricane Billy."
From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023
Liverpool put their recent Premier League struggles behind them to end Manchester City's unbeaten run in an enthralling and hot-tempered encounter at Anfield, which saw Jurgen Klopp sent off.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2022
In comics lore, Namor McKenzie is a hot-tempered half-human, half-Atlantean being who is the ruler of the undersea kingdom of Atlantis.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2022
“Miss Bloom may be hot-tempered, but she is one of my most trusted wards,” she replied.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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