hot-tempered
adjective
: becoming angry very easily : having or showing a hot temper
a hot-tempered political activist
a hot-tempered reply
Examples of hot-tempered in a Sentence
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In a 2013 interview with CBS News, Knight pushed back on his reputation as being hot-tempered.
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Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
He is resented by Brother Nacho (Kinan Valdez), the most hot-tempered among them, for being another mouth to feed.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
In The Goldbergs, Orrantia plays Erica Goldberg, the sarcastic and hot-tempered sibling of show creator Adam F. Goldberg.
—Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
He is resented by Brother Nacho (Kinan Valdez), the most hot-tempered among them, for being another mouth to feed.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
In The Goldbergs, Orrantia plays Erica Goldberg, the sarcastic and hot-tempered sibling of show creator Adam F. Goldberg.
—Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Hot-tempered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot-tempered. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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