hotheaded
Americanadjective
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hot or fiery in spirit or temper; impetuous; rash.
Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.
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easily angered; quick to take offense.
Other Word Forms
- hotheadedly adverb
- hotheadedness noun
Etymology
Origin of hotheaded
Example Sentences
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Johnny, the youngest and most literally hotheaded of the group, is apt to light himself on fire when he can’t be bothered to find a flashlight.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
Bills that arrive from the House, in their view, tend to be hotheaded and in need of deliberate adult revision, if they are lucky enough to be considered at all.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2024
August Wilhelm’s hotheaded younger brother, Friedrich, hoped that “aesthetic anarchy” would lead to a “happy catastrophe” like the French Revolution.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022
After a legal odyssey of nearly five years, the Justice Department decided last week not to reopen the federal criminal civil rights investigation of two hotheaded U.S.
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022
To some extent, they were the actions of a hotheaded revolutionary who had not thought things through and who acted without discipline.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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