hot-heads
Easily provoked people
Hot-heads are people who lose their temper easily or act rashly when provoked.
The term emphasizes impulsive anger over thoughtful response: The hot-heads in the group wanted to confront management immediately.
Someone called a hot-head tends toward quick, emotional reactions rather than measured judgment.
Intense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- temperState of mind
- outrageFierce moral indignation
fuming · seething · livid · irate · incensed · enraged · infuriated · explosive
Obsessive cause supporter
- fanaticOverly zealous person
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
- crusaderZealous advocate for change
- activistVigorous cause champion
radical · extremist · fervent · ardent · fired-up · impassioned · vehement · intense
Habitual intimidator
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
antagonistic · hostile · fierce · militant · truculent · quarrelsome · contentious · scrappy
Heedless or skin irritation
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- brashOffensively self-assertive
- quick-temperedProne to sudden anger
reactive · snap · knee-jerk · impatient · precipitous · headstrong · foolhardy · unthinking
rage
Intense, violent anger
outrage · fuming · seething · livid · irate · incensed · enraged · infuriated · explosive · eruption
zealot
Obsessive cause supporter
activist · radical · extremist · fervent · ardent · fired-up · impassioned · vehement · intense · spirited
bully
Habitual intimidator
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- combativeInclined toward conflict
pugnacious · antagonistic · hostile · fierce · militant · truculent · quarrelsome · contentious · scrappy · rabble-rouser
rash
Heedless or skin irritation
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- brashOffensively self-assertive
quick-tempered · reactive · snap · knee-jerk · impatient · precipitous · headstrong · foolhardy · unthinking · spontaneous
unpredictable
Cannot be anticipated
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
- moodyProne to sullenness
irritable · touchy · testy · irascible · choleric · petulant · cantankerous · ornery · cranky · edgy
hot-headscool heads
Calm people under pressure
peacemakers · stoics · pacifists · Zen masters · diplomats
hot-headsdeliberators
Those who carefully consider
calculators · planners · pragmatists · fence-sitters · overthinkers
hot-headsdiplomats
Foreign government representatives
peacemakers · moderates · deliberators · voice of reason · pragmatists