hot head
Easily angered type
A hothead is someone who loses their temper quickly or acts rashly without thinking.
The term emphasizes impulsiveness and a tendency toward anger: Don't be such a hothead—think before you react.
As an adjective, hotheaded describes this temperament: His hotheaded response cost him the job.
Usually spelled as one word.
- temperState of mind
- rageIntense, violent anger
- seeing redOvercome by fury
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
explosive · blow a gasket · angry · volatile · short fuse · reckless · fury · hair trigger · irritable · fly off the handle · passionate · brash · outburst · tantrum · lose it · quick-tempered · quick to anger · combative
- temperature idiomscold shoulder, cold feet, cool as a cucumber, cold turkey, warm welcome
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
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Calm temperament under stress
stoic · peacemaker · pacifist · phlegmatic · zen master
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Calm temperament under stress
diplomat · deliberator · voice of reason · pragmatist · rationalist