ADJECTIVE | all | hotheaded, choleric, irascible, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered | quickly aroused to anger |
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all | hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish | characterized by undue haste / haste and lack of thought or deliberation |
Meaning | quickly aroused to anger. | |
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Example | "a hotheaded commander" | |
Synonyms | choleric, irascible, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered | |
Broader | ill-natured | Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
Spanish | colérico, enojadizo, iracundo, irascible, irritable, quisquilloso | |
Catalan | colèric, geniüt, iracund, irascible, irritable, rabiüt |
Meaning | Characterized by undue haste / haste and lack of thought or deliberation; ('brainish' is archaic). | |
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Example | "a hotheaded decision" | |
Synonyms | impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish | |
Broader | incautious | lacking in caution |
Usage of | archaism, archaicism | The use of an archaic expression |
Spanish | impetuoso, impulsivo, irreflexivo | |
Catalan | impetuós, impulsiu, irreflexiu |
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