Meanings
comparative more hot-tempered · superlative most hot-tempered
- Becoming very vocal or even violent when angered or frustrated.
Near-synonyms: quick-tempered, short-tempered
Synonyms: choleric, hotheaded, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered · Antonyms: cool-headed, even-tempered
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBecoming very vocal or even violent when angered or frustrated.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivequickly aroused to anger
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek θερμόβουλος, ὀξύθυμος
- θερμόβουλος (thermóboulos)easily angered
- ὀξύθυμος (oxúthumos)easily angered
Danish hidsig
- hidsigeasily angered
Dutch heetgebakerd, heetbloedig
- heetgebakerdeasily angered
- heetbloedigeasily angered
German cholerisch, hitzköpfig
- cholerischeasily angered
- hitzköpfigeasily angered
- jähzornigeasily angered
Irish cochallach
- cochallacheasily angered
Latin īrācundus
- īrācunduseasily angered
Māori kiriweti
- kiriwetieasily angered
Polish wybuchowy
- wybuchowyeasily angered
Russian горя́чий, вспы́льчивый
- горя́чий (gorjáčij)easily angered
- вспы́льчивый (vspýlʹčivyj)easily angered
Spanish colérico, mañoso
- coléricoeasily angered
- mañosoeasily angered
- irascibleeasily angered
Swedish hetlevrad, hetsig
- hetlevradeasily angered
- hetsigeasily angered
Cite this entry
hot-tempered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot-tempered
“hot-tempered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot-tempered. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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