hot-tempered

[ hot-tem-perd ]

/ ˈhɒtˈtɛm pərd /

easily angered; short-tempered.

Words nearby hot-tempered

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"You were snapping and squabbling just as usual this morning," said the hot-tempered gentleman.

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I could see Worth choke back a hot-tempered refusal of the suggestion.

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The signora was hot-tempered; her nerves were jarred by listening to incessant practice.

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With a little army of hot-tempered radicals he crossed into Calabria.

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Lem Hicks was a hot-tempered youth also, and suddenly his rage flared to the surface.

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