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    hot-headed
    /ˌhɒtˈhɛdɪd/

    adjective

    • 1. having an impetuous or quick-tempered nature: "a hot-headed youth"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHOTHEADED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    HOTHEADED definition: 1. doing things or reacting to things quickly and without thinking carefully first: 2. doing…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hotheadedHotheaded Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : easily angered : fiery, impetuous. hotheadedly adverb. hotheadedness noun. Examples of hotheaded in a Sentence. He wrote a hotheaded letter. Recent Examples on the Web. These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHOT-HEADED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe someone as hot-headed, you are criticizing them for acting too quickly, without thinking of the consequences. [ disapproval ] He is rash and hot-headed himself.

  5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhot-headed adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Definition of hot-headed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryHOT-HEADED definition in American English - Collins Online ...

    If you describe someone as hot-headed, you are criticizing them for acting too quickly, without thinking of the consequences. [ disapproval ] He is rash and hot-headed himself.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHOTHEADED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe someone as hotheaded, you are criticizing them for acting too quickly, without thinking of the consequences. [disapproval] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › hot-headed_adjhot-headed, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    The earliest known use of the adjective hot-headed is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for hot-headed is from 1603, in the writing of John Hayward, historian and civil lawyer. hot-headed is formed within English, by compounding.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHOTHEAD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    someone who gets angry too quickly and reacts without thinking carefully first. hotheaded. adjective us / ˈhɑtˈhed·ɪd / disapproving. a hotheaded young fool. (Definition of hothead from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of hothead.

  10. www.thefreedictionary.com › hotheadedHotheaded - definition of hotheaded by The Free Dictionary

    Define hotheaded. hotheaded synonyms, hotheaded pronunciation, hotheaded translation, English dictionary definition of hotheaded. adj. 1. Easily angered; quick-tempered: a hotheaded commander. 2. Impetuous; rash: a hotheaded decision. hot′head′ed·ly adv. hot′head′ed·ness n.

  11. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hotheadHothead Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. hot· head ˈhät-ˌhed. : a hotheaded person. Examples of hothead in a Sentence. Working on the project with such a hothead has been unpleasant. Recent Examples on the Web. These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage.