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One who becomes angry easily or goes in search of arguments or fights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
Examples
- The club was full of eager young hotheads who never seemed to be able to agree on anything.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
One who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Someone get this hothead out of here before he does some damage.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: daredevil, madcap, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adventurer, venturer
Narrower terms: tearaway
a belligerent grouch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fire-eater
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch
From hot + head. Compare English hotbrain (“a hothead”); Middle English hot-heorte, hat-heorte (“anger”), Old English hātheort (“furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent”, literally “hot-heart”).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
brushoved
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Danish:
hidsigprop
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Danish:
hystade
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Danish:
furie
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Dutch:
heethoofd
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Dutch:
driftkikker
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Finnish:
kuumapää
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Finnish:
kuumakalle
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Finnish:
höyrypää
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Galician:
arroutado
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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German:
Hitzkopf
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Ancient Greek:
ὀξυθυμίας
(oxuthumías)
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Indonesian:
pemarah
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Italian:
testa calda
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Māori:
ika whakawera
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Norwegian:
hissigpropp
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Russian:
горя́чая голова́
(gorjáčaja golová)
— one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights
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Bulgarian:
луда глава
(luda glava)
— one who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first
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French:
tête brûlée
— one who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first
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Galician:
arroutado
— one who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first