hot-tempered

English

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Adjective

hot-tempered (comparative more hot-tempered, superlative most hot-tempered)

1. Becoming very vocal or even violent when angered or frustrated.

Synonyms

• choleric
• hotheaded
• irascible
• temperamental
• emotional

Antonyms

• cool (in the sense of calm or relaxed)
• cool-headed
• even-tempered

Related terms

• quick-tempered
• short-tempered

Translations

easily angered

Danish: hidsig Dutch: heetgebakerd (nl), heetbloedig German: cholerisch (de), hitzköpfig, jähzornig (de) Greek: Ancient: θερμόβουλος (thermóboulos), ὀξύθυμος (oxúthumos) Irish: cochallach Latin: īrācundus Maori: kiriweti Old Church Slavonic: ꙗръ (jarŭ) Polish: wybuchowy (pl) Russian: горя́чий (ru) (gorjáčij), вспы́льчивый (ru) (vspýlʹčivyj) Spanish: colérico (es), mañoso (es) (Chile), irascible (es)