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hot-tempered

adjective

quickly aroused to anger

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a hotheaded commander

• Syn: ↑choleric, ↑irascible, ↑hotheaded, ↑quick-tempered, ↑short-tempered

• Similar to: ↑ill-natured

• Derivationally related forms: ↑irascibility (for: ↑irascible), ↑choler (for: ↑choleric)

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ˌhot-ˈtempered f17 [hot-tempered] adjective (especially BrE)

tending to become very angry easily

Useful english dictionary. 2012.