hotheaded

See also: hot-headed

English

Alternative forms

• hot-headed

Etymology

From hot +‎ headed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hotheaded (comparative more hotheaded, superlative most hotheaded)

1. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
   • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 1, in The Antiquary—Volume II:

     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!

   • 1919, Zane Grey, chapter 18, in The Desert of Wheat:

     "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.

   • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• calm, composed, level-headed

Derived terms

• hotheadedly
• hotheadedness

Translations

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

• Bulgarian: буен (bg) (buen), сприхав (bg) (sprihav)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴躁 (zh) (bàozào), 易怒 (zh) (yìnù)

• Finnish: kuumapäinen, impulsiivinen (fi)
• Galician: arroutado m
• German: hitzköpfig
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀξύθυμος (oxúthumos)

• Indonesian: pemarah (id)
• Maori: pūkākā
• Pohnpeian: aida
• Romanian: înfierbântat (ro), pripit (ro), impetuos (ro)
• Spanish: fogoso (es), impetuoso (es), exaltado (es)
• Tagalog: magagalitin