Hotheaded

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
 * 2) * 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary—Volume II, ch. 1:
 * 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!
 * 1) * 1919, Zane Grey, The Desert of Wheat, ch. 18:
 * "But I am!" flashed the young man, as if he had been misunderstood.
 * "Listen. You're like all boys—hot-headed an' hasty. Let me talk a little," resumed Anderson.

Synonyms for Hotheaded
fiery, hasty, impetuous, rash, vehement, violent, ardent, unthinking, headstrong, unruly, precipitate, peppery, quarrelsome,

Antonyms for Hotheaded
calm, composed, level-headed, steady, deliberate, cool, equable, peaceable.

Derived terms

 * hotheadedly
 * hotheadedness

Thesaurus
accident-prone, ardent, brash, breakneck, careless, combustible, daredevil, desperate, devil-may-care, explosive, fanatic, fierce, fiery, flaming, foolhardy, furious, hard-core, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, heated, heedless, hot, hot-tempered, hurried, ill-advised, impetuous, incautious, inconsiderate, inflamed, mad, madcap, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, passionate, peppery, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, red-hot, scorching, short-tempered, simmering, slap-bang, slapdash, spunky, stormy, tempestuous, thoughtless, tornadic, totally committed, vehement, violent, volatile, volcanic, wanton, white-hot, wild, zealous

Alternative forms

 * hot-headed

Translations

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