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hot tempered
adjective as in irascible
adjective as in peppery
adjective as in pugnacious
Weak matches
adjective as in quick-tempered
adjective as in belligerent
adjective as in short-tempered
adjective as in scrappy
adjective as in unforbearing
Weak matches
- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- anxious
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- eager
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- irritable
- itchy
- keen
- on pins and needles
- quick-tempered
- racing one's motor
- restless
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- testy
- thirsty
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
adjective as in cranky
adjective as in excitable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- agitable
- alarmable
- edgy
- emotional
- enthusiastic
- fierce
- galvanic
- hasty
- hot-headed
- hot-tempered
- impatient
- impetuous
- inflammable
- intolerant
- irascible
- mercurial
- moody
- nervous
- neurotic
- overzealous
- passionate
- peevish
- quick
- quick-tempered
- rash
- reckless
- sensitive
- short-fused
- susceptible
- testy
- touchy
- uncontrolled
- uneasy
- vehement
- violent
- volatile
- volcanic
adjective as in fiery
Strongest matches
adjective as in hotheaded
Strongest match
adjective as in ill-natured
adjective as in impatient
Weak matches
- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- itchy
- on pins and needles
- quick-tempered
- racing one's motor
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- unforbearing
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
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Example Sentences
Needless to say, a certain famously hot-tempered five-term senator and former presidential candidate was not at all amused.
But if you thought Jim Lehrer had it bad, try controlling these two hot-tempered New Yorkers.
After all, who should go to jail for a clumsy metaphor or a hot tempered remark?
At times he seemed trying, by his aggressive acts and bitter speeches, to tempt some hot-tempered townsman to kill him.
Whereupon the hot-tempered Captain Cook—being the superior officer on board—struck him, and several blows were interchanged.
One Christmas time, a certain hot-tempered gentleman came to visit the Skratdjs.
"You were snapping and squabbling just as usual this morning," said the hot-tempered gentleman.
To avoid this domestic scene, the hot-tempered gentleman withdrew to the breakfast-room and took up a newspaper.
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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hot-tempered, such as: cranky, excitable, hotheaded, peppery, and testy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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