Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a violent temper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective colloquial (usually said of a person, but sometimes of an animal) Become very
vocal or evenviolent whenangered orfrustrated .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective quickly aroused to anger
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Examples
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There is the indisputable fact that a hot-tempered black man, expressing true anger over the injustices in this society would scare the hell out of many voters and would have been unelectable.
Sherman Yellen: Some Grunts From a Grumpy Guy Sherman Yellen 2010
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There is the indisputable fact that a hot-tempered black man, expressing true anger over the injustices in this society would scare the hell out of many voters and would have been unelectable.
Sherman Yellen: Some Grunts From a Grumpy Guy Sherman Yellen 2010
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But observers say Kim Kyong Hui, reportedly stubborn and hot-tempered, pursued her boyfriend and eventually married him.
North Korean Power Couple Emerge as Key to Succession Plans 2010
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Holliday was a strange man: a Southern gentleman of elaborate courtesy, a hot-tempered brawling drunk, a fiercely loyal friend, a skilled professional gambler and hustler, a trained dental surgeon thus his nickname, a longtime sufferer of tuberculosis, and a coldly murderous gunfighter.
New Tales of the Old West Lee Sandlin 2011
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My dad and I are both hot-tempered and passionate about what we believe.
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A hot-tempered celebrity who had dated Zetrakis and was fired from his show some years ago, Joey has inherited a million-dollar Klimt from him.
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During Monday Oct. 24 night's "DWTS," hot-tempered Maks had a serious fallout with judge Len Goodman.
'Dancing With The Stars' Week 6: Maksim & Len Have A Major Ballroom Blowout (WATCH) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Spoiled and hot-tempered, and two years older than I, she had known how to scare me into doing what she wanted.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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During Monday Oct. 24 night's "DWTS," hot-tempered Maks had a serious fallout with judge Len Goodman.
'Dancing With The Stars' Week 6: Maksim & Len Have A Major Ballroom Blowout (WATCH) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Wyatt Earp and the patriarch of the Clantons were forever patching together surreptitious deals to keep their hot-tempered relatives in line.
New Tales of the Old West Lee Sandlin 2011
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