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Recent Examples of hotheaded
Johnny and Ben are usually depicted as bickering surrogate brothers, the hotheaded youngster and the curmudgeonly elder; Susan is a pragmatic force, with Reed often lost in his own world.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 July 2025
Her little brother Johnny (Joseph Quinn) can become a human torch, though the hotheaded heartthrob is underestimated.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Who hasn’t fired off some hotheaded e-mail about a missing package or demanded a ransom when something was misdelivered?
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
The young painter, a hotheaded arrival from Milan looking for a break in Rome’s cutthroat art world, set out to stupefy.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 July 2025
Her little brother Johnny (Joseph Quinn) can become a human torch, though the hotheaded heartthrob is underestimated.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Who hasn’t fired off some hotheaded e-mail about a missing package or demanded a ransom when something was misdelivered?
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
The young painter, a hotheaded arrival from Milan looking for a break in Rome’s cutthroat art world, set out to stupefy.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotheaded
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The music sweeps us up in the queasy thrill of revolt, but also in the heat and momentum of an impetuous romance.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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The blast radius of Carl Rinsch‘s extravagant spending habits and Netflix‘s impetuous handing out of millions in the Golden Age of Streaming now has the feds footing the bills.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Critics lambasted those policies as impractical at best, reckless at worst.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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These reckless policies have deadly consequences.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Young Luke was unfiltered and impulsive — what teenagers aren’t?—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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The book follows a family dynasty — and specifically, the impulsive daughter of an automotive magnate — in 1927 Motor City, which has long enthralled the Salt to the Sea author.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Not having matches in a waterproof container was another thoughtless mistake.—
Bill Shaber,
Outdoor Life,
22 Oct. 2025
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Buying things is becoming as thoughtless as sending a text.—
Patrick van Esch,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
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The 75-year-old Lavrov has also honed a brash, confrontational style of diplomacy that has often matched Putin’s imperial aspirations.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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His bold role as a military officer might rub some the wrong way on character alone, but there's no denying how the industry will receive such a brash performance.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Systemic risk: The combination of low interest rates and an expanding economy encourages speculation and imprudent risk taking.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Malek, wild-eyed as ever, portrays Kelley as an overconfident opportunist who is more than willing to cross lines to gain Goering’s trust.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
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But Mascherano insists his team is not overconfident and is prepared for a big challenge on the road against Nashville.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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There is another reason why lifting the deposit insurance limits is foolhardy.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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In Pynchon’s best works, his bleakness is brightened, in both senses—illuminated and made lighter—by the sweep of his vision and his affection for his fallible, foolhardy, well-meaning, wildly outmatched main characters.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Hotheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotheaded. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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