hot-tempered
Quick to rage
Hot-tempered describes someone who angers quickly and easily.
The term suggests a low threshold for irritation—minor provocations spark disproportionate reactions: Her hot-tempered father would explode over small things.
Unlike cold or calculating anger, hot-temperedness implies heat-of-the-moment outbursts that may pass just as quickly.
Easily provoked to anger
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- combustibleCapable of burning
- fumingExtremely angry, visibly so
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
blazing · flaring · inflamed · raging · incendiary · volcanic · eruptive · smoldering
Easily provoked to annoyance
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
petulant · touchy · peevish · choleric · tetchy · querulous · snappish · crabby
Cannot be anticipated
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
changeable · moody · reactive · hair-trigger · thin-skinned · oversensitive · excitable · unstable
Extremely angry
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
- incensedExtremely angry
- irateExtremely angry
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
outraged · apoplectic · indignant · infuriated · wroth · fierce · raging · passionate
Inclined toward conflict
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
- quarrelsomeInclined to dispute
argumentative · hostile · antagonistic · truculent · bellicose · contentious · scrappy · feisty
hotheaded
Easily provoked to anger
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- combustibleCapable of burning
- fumingExtremely angry, visibly so
seething · blazing · flaring · inflamed · raging · incendiary · volcanic · eruptive · smoldering · kindled
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
grumpy · petulant · touchy · peevish · choleric · tetchy · querulous · snappish · crabby · splenetic
unpredictable
Cannot be anticipated
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
impulsive · changeable · moody · reactive · hair-trigger · thin-skinned · oversensitive · excitable · unstable · flashpoint
furious
Extremely angry
livid · outraged · apoplectic · indignant · infuriated · wroth · fierce · raging · passionate · vehement
combative
Inclined toward conflict
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
quarrelsome · argumentative · hostile · antagonistic · truculent · bellicose · contentious · scrappy · feisty · militant
- irritabilitycranky, grouchy, grumpy, irritated, annoyed
- temperamentscholeric, phlegmatic, melancholic, sanguine, introvert
- fire signsAries, Leo, Sagittarius, fire element, ram
- malevolencemalevolence, cruelty, viciousness, malice, spite
hot-temperedeven-tempered
Reliably calm disposition
cool-headed · calm · placid · unflappable · imperturbable
hot-temperedeasygoing
Relaxed in temperament
easy-going · good-natured · genial · gentle · affable
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