hot-tempered

[ hot-tem-perd ]

adjective

1. easily angered; short-tempered.

Example Sentences

Needless to say, a certain famously hot-tempered five-term senator and former presidential candidate was not at all amused.

From The Daily Beast

But if you thought Jim Lehrer had it bad, try controlling these two hot-tempered New Yorkers.

From The Daily Beast

After all, who should go to jail for a clumsy metaphor or a hot tempered remark?

From The Daily Beast

At times he seemed trying, by his aggressive acts and bitter speeches, to tempt some hot-tempered townsman to kill him.

From Project Gutenberg

Whereupon the hot-tempered Captain Cook—being the superior officer on board—struck him, and several blows were interchanged.

From Project Gutenberg

One Christmas time, a certain hot-tempered gentleman came to visit the Skratdjs.

From Project Gutenberg

"You were snapping and squabbling just as usual this morning," said the hot-tempered gentleman.

From Project Gutenberg

To avoid this domestic scene, the hot-tempered gentleman withdrew to the breakfast-room and took up a newspaper.

From Project Gutenberg