hot-tempered
Americanadjective
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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
That isn't the only accusation against Prabowo: an ambitious, intelligent and hot-tempered officer who, as Suharto's son-in-law, was a fast-rising star in the military.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024
Detractors considered him a hot-tempered, arrogant bully and dubbed him "Hurricane Billy."
From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023
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
Young, hot-tempered Marq Piper urged a strike west at easterly Rock instead.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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