hot-headed

adjective

1. impetuous, rash, or hot-tempered

Other Word Forms

• hot-headedly adverb
• hot-headedness noun

Example Sentences

Surely in the century-plus history of cinema, other actors have created characters as sexy, powerful and hot-headed as Taylor’s Perfidia, nine months pregnant and blasting away with an automatic rifle, but I’m not sure anyone else has ever packaged all three with such potency.

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Mr D'Angeli appeared emotional as he told jurors how he had tried to help Harvey after the attack, and said that the defendant was often "hot-headed" around other students.

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Meanwhile, the dairy farmers’ hot-headed, party-hearty offspring seem like the animals in need of taming.

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When Johnny Wactor found three people in masks trying to steal the catalytic converter from his Toyota Prius last May, one of the thieves yelled “No!” before his “hot-headed” companion fired a single shot into the “General Hospital” actor’s chest, a detective testified Monday.

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In a jailhouse conversation secretly recorded by authorities, Estrada said he hadn’t wanted to “work” stealing catalytic converters with Barceleau, whom he called “hot-headed,” said Det.

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Related Words

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• burning 
• combustible 
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• flaming 
• glowing 
• heated 
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• intense 
• red-hot 
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• vehement 
• violent