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hot-tempered

American  
[hot-tem-perd] / ˈhɒtˈtɛm pərd /

adjective

  1. easily angered; short-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

“I’ve been trying to say calm because of Othell,” he said, referring to talented but hot-tempered guard Othell Wilson.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 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

“He was a hot-tempered genius. Did you know he was famous even when he was alive?”

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

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