hotheaded

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hotheaded

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From hot + headed.

adjective more hotheaded · most hotheaded · hot-headed

  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered. Such an opportunity can hardly again occur to an ancient and grey-haired man; and to see it lost by the madcap spleen of a hot-headed boy!

    Similar: fiery, hasty, hot-tempered, impetuous, rash, vehement, violent, temperamental, reckless

Opposite: calm, composed, level-headed

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adjective

Opposite: calm, composed, level-headed

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adj pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead; easily excited or angered

Españolfogoso, impetuoso, exaltado
中文暴躁 bàozào, 易怒 yìnù
Deutschhitzköpfig
Românăînfierbântat, pripit, impetuos

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@misc{hotheaded_2026,
  title = {hotheaded},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hotheaded},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}