hot-tempered
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A welter of memoirs and biographies have traced their colorful lives as well as their relationships with one another and with their hot-tempered father, David.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
“I’ve been trying to say calm because of Othell,” he said, referring to talented but hot-tempered guard Othell Wilson.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023
Liverpool put their recent Premier League struggles behind them to end Manchester City's unbeaten run in an enthralling and hot-tempered encounter at Anfield, which saw Jurgen Klopp sent off.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2022
In comics lore, Namor McKenzie is a hot-tempered half-human, half-Atlantean being who is the ruler of the undersea kingdom of Atlantis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2022
“He was a hot-tempered genius. Did you know he was famous even when he was alive?”
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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