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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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This melancholy acknowledgment of hair-trigger anger isn’t limited to healthcare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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

After that, it was hard to shake the “problem actor” label, especially given the hair-trigger eccentrics he was manifesting so convincingly on film.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

Yet, to some, there is a feeling that the situation is just one hair-trigger moment away from tragedy, says Mark Naison, who took part in the sometimes violent protests at Columbia in 1968.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

Second, they also contained a concealed device that set a hair-trigger.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis