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.
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But rather than reacting rashly, he marshaled a tenacious defense, not losing his composure or allowing himself to be tempted into a hotheaded action that could have led to disaster.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Fezco was also the adoptive older brother and business partner of Javon Walton’s hotheaded Ashtray.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023
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
Tenderly devoted to the prize horse first known as Darley, he also tangles warily with Cassius Marcellus Clay, the hotheaded, philandering abolitionist and one of Clay’s daughters, Mary Barr.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2022
They were often hotheaded but also fast to regret their harsh words; this was their peace offering of sorts.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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