From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hot-headed \Hot"-head`ed\, a.
quickly and easily aroused to anger; fiery; violent; rash;
hasty; impetuous; vehement; as, a hot-headed commander.
[WordNet sense 1] --Macaulay.
Syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered,
quick-tempered, short-tempered.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
hotheaded \hotheaded\ adj.
1. same as {hot-headed}.
Syn: choleric, irascible, hot-headed, hot-tempered,
quick-tempered, short-tempered.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. liable to act with undue haste and without consideration.
Syn: brainish, impulsive, impetuous, madcap,
tearaway(prenominal).
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotheaded
adj 1: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn:
{choleric}, {irascible}, {hotheaded}, {hot-tempered},
{quick-tempered}, {short-tempered}]
2: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or
deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such
impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display
of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is
archaic) [syn: {hotheaded}, {impulsive}, {impetuous},
{madcap}, {tearaway(a)}, {brainish}]
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