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HOTHEADED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hotheaded mean?
• HOTHEADED (adjective)
The adjective HOTHEADED has 2 senses:
1. quickly aroused to anger
2. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
Familiarity information: HOTHEADED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Quickly aroused to anger
Synonyms:
choleric; hot-tempered; hotheaded; irascible; quick-tempered; short-tempered
Context example:
a hotheaded commander
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
Synonyms:
brainish; hotheaded; impetuous; impulsive; madcap; tearaway
Context example:
madcap escapades
Similar:
incautious (lacking in caution)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
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