hotheaded
[hot-hed-id]
- hot or fiery in spirit or temper; impetuous; rash: Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.
- easily angered; quick to take offense.
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Origin of hotheaded
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Contemporary Examples
“She was hot-headed, had her own way of doing things,” Gill said—and so, he left to form a separate militia group.
Last month, Grigorieva, whom one source described as “hot-headed,” fired and replaced her lawyers.
Historical Examples
The hot-headed Añasco found it hard to restrain his impatience.
Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the MississippiJohn S. C. Abbott
"Some hot-headed ass fired that," he said to himself, contemptuously.
The RescueJoseph Conrad
T is only that I am as ever a hot-headed fool and ill deserve a friend like thee.
Standish of StandishJane G. Austin
They're too hot-headed—they're altogether too ready to fight over nothing.
Frank Merriwell Down SouthBurt L. Standish
I am a hot-headed, impatient kind of creature at the best of times,' he confessed.
Robert ElsmereMrs. Humphry Ward
hot-headed
- impetuous, rash, or hot-tempered
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