hair-trigger

ADJECTIVE

delicate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

critical precarious sensitive ticklish touchy tricky unpredictable volatile

WEAK

uncertain

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm easy firm stable

WEAK

coarse harsh healthful healthy heavy imprecise indelicate indiscriminating inelegant insensitive robust rough strong uncareful uncritical unscrupulous

ADJECTIVE

immediate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actual prompt urgent

WEAK

at once at present time at this moment critical current existing extant first instant live next now on hand paramount present pressing up-to-date

Antonyms

WEAK

away distant eventually far later never

ADJECTIVE

instantaneous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rapid spontaneous transitory

WEAK

direct fast in a flash instant momentary quick

Antonyms

WEAK

delayed eventual late later

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Thursday’s swings in oil prices were the latest in a hair-trigger market in which traders have been glued to any new information, sparking moves with a scant relationship to the underlying disruption to physical supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

His hair-trigger homemade contraption pressured all three major networks into giving Kiritsis airtime to explain his grievances to the public.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Their entire business model, their whole inner nature, is predicated on hair-trigger litigiousness, predatory aggressiveness and a hunger to win at all costs.

From Salon • May 24, 2025

Linney plays Kristine as a martyr with a hair-trigger temper.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

A branch of the University of Texas was built and a new suburban-style mall opened, but the hearty, hair-trigger temperament of the place still remained intact.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

hair-trigger

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