hothead

noun

hot·head ˈhät-ˌhed

: a hotheaded person

Example Sentences

Working on the project with such a hothead has been unpleasant.

Recent Examples on the Web One day, a fella is an extremist or a hothead on the left. —

Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023 He’s assumed various personas and identities over the years in the comics, from a hothead always questioning Captain America’s leadership to the founding leader of the Avengers’ West Coast spinoff team, a guy with trick arrows to the size-changing Goliath. —

Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2021 An important part of the mythos surrounding Naomi Campbell—supermodel, activist, fashion icon, occasional hothead—lies in her origin story. —

Otegha Uwagba, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Mar. 2023 Wasn’t a hothead. —

Eric Sondheimer Columnist Follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022 Dunne was a good writer, a spirited gossip, an inspired raconteur, and a hothead with a chronic temper. —

WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021 Prosecutors portrayed him as a hothead who didn't like trespassers. —

Ed White, Detroit Free Press, 24 Feb. 2023 Eric the instinctive peacemaker, Andrew the impulsive, fiercely protective hothead — who are clearly stronger for their differences of personality, and united by their unwavering love for their child. —

Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023 The guy, Moran said, was relentless, and Moran had a reputation back then for being a bit of a hothead. —

Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2023 See More

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