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[ hot-hed ] / ˈhɒtˌhɛd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hothead ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan impetuous or short-tempered person. Origin of hotheadFirst recorded in 1650–60; hot + head Words nearby hotheadhot fence, hot flash, hot flush, hotfoot, hotfoot it, hothead, hotheaded, hothouse, hothouse lamb, Hotien, hot Jupiter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hotheadA hothead who believes life itself has betrayed him is liable to take even minor perceived disloyalty as treason. Aaron Hernandez’s Terrifying Past|Michael Daly|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST He, along with his loyal, hothead sidekick, Jem (Jeremy Renner), are members of an elite group of criminals. Prepping for the Oscars on DVD|Marlow Stern|January 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST Assange, already known to be somewhat of a hothead, rebuked CNN and King for shameful “tabloid journalism.” 15 Classic Larry King Moments|Sujay Kumar|December 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST That would be Billy Poe, an ex-football star, 21, out of work, and a bit of a hothead. Men of Steel|Taylor Antrim|February 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
My dear Hothead, they are big enough to look out for themselves. The Vision Spendid|William MacLeod Raine But if he insists on forcing battle with a reluctant adversary, he must be a hothead indeed. Helmet of Navarre|Bertha Runkle Had I told him, he had disobeyed his orders and shamed his service; he is young yet, and a hothead! Told in the East|Talbot Mundy He feared no living man, but he was no hothead to be drawn from his purpose. A Daughter of Raasay|William MacLeod Raine The role of firebrand and hothead, drawing villainous knives on frightened boys, would not quite convince his present audience.
British Dictionary definitions for hothead
nounan excitable or fiery person Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hotheadfirebrand, agitator, revolutionary, incendiary, instigator, politician, rabble-rouser, fanatic, radical, inciter, rebel, troublemaker, fomenter, inflamer |