hot-tempered

adjective

Definition of hot-temperednext
as in antagonistic

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Recent Examples of hot-tempered Here was Wyndham Clark, a talented but sometimes hot-tempered golfer, showing a human side that people probably needed to see. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026 Overall, Savitt’s tactics have elicited responses that The Verge reported made Musk appear dishonest and hot-tempered to the jury. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026 Robbie is a complicated man, at once incredibly compassionate and deeply self-centered, philosophical and brooding but also impulsive and hot-tempered. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 The movie co-stars Albert Finney as an acclaimed and hot-tempered writer named George and Keaton as Faith, the wife and mother of his children, who gave up her own dreams to support him, only to get thrown over for a younger woman (Karen Allen). — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot-tempered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot-tempered
  1. antagonistic
  2. hostile
  3. feisty
  4. belligerent
  5. pugnacious
  6. combative
  7. quarrelsome
  8. confrontational
Adjective
  • Some use to it describe the most boisterous group of antagonistic influencers.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • Amid an increasingly complex and antagonistic immigration system, his story is one of rare success.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
Definition of antagonistic
Adjective
  • And until a Black commentator is held responsible for making openly hostile remarks about White people, nothing will change.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • For example, in March, the crypto exchange Kraken put its multibillion‑dollar IPO on hold amid hostile market conditions, according to CoinDesk.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of hostile
Adjective
  • The movie follows the life of feisty belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), from growing up on a plantation to her love affairs, including with roguish Rhett Butler (Clark Gable).
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Though to the credit of the series and especially Dana’s feisty performance, Zorro makes some effort.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
Definition of feisty
Adjective
  • America, the world’s oldest, continuous, modern democracy, will soon celebrate its 250th birthday—mired in conflict and piloted by a belligerent and mercurial nationalist.
    — Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
  • The pseudonymous title character, a depressed, drunken, belligerent twenty-six-year-old advice columnist, has no real hardships of his own and is cursed by doubt.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
Definition of belligerent
Adjective
  • Vance, who privately voiced his concerns about conflict with Iran in the lead-up to the war, is pugnacious and transactional.
    — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • That stretch included a famously pugnacious friendly with Australia in which Pochettino challenged his players at halftime to raise their level of competitiveness.
    — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
Definition of pugnacious
Adjective
  • The release says a 29-year-old man became combative with first responders, and a paramedic shot him.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2026
  • Too good to be a benchwarmer, in a starting line-up, the Brazilian’s all-action qualities may align best with Rice to give Arsenal another combative and forward-thinking option in their engine room.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of combative
Adjective
  • The toys, like the perpetually quarrelsome Woody and Buzz or Jessie the cowgirl, who now takes center stage, have seen their boy and girl owners grow up and leave them behind.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • Both Trotsky and Paul get absorbed in quarrelsome dialectics and in point-scoring built around minute differences.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of quarrelsome
Adjective
  • There's a confrontational moment between Tom and Mary for the first time.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026
  • Others could find your go-getter approach refreshing, while some may experience it as confrontational.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of confrontational

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“Hot-tempered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot-tempered. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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