Hotheaded

Quick meaning: Hotheaded is an adjective meaning Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.

Meaning

Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.

Example Sentences

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!

"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.

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.”

Word Forms

• hot-headed

Synonyms for hotheaded

Depending on context, synonyms include fiery, hasty, hot-tempered, impetuous, rash, vehement.

Antonyms for hotheaded

Common opposites include calm, composed, level-headed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tearaway, hot-tempered, brainish, short-tempered, quick-tempered, irascible.

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