hotheads
Easily angered types
Hotheads are people who lose their temper easily or act impulsively without thinking.
The term suggests someone quick to anger or rash action: The hotheads in the group wanted to confront management immediately.
A hothead lets emotion override judgment.
Hostile and eager to clash
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
antagonistic · bellicose · truculent · contentious · provocative · warlike · quarrelsome · militant
Fanatical cause followers
- fanaticsObsessive believers
- firebrandsPassionate agents of change
- radicalsAdvocates for fundamental change
- extremistsThose with radical positions
militants · crusaders · agitators · rabble-rousers · demagogues · revolutionaries · ideologues · hardliners
Prone to sudden anger
- quick-temperedProne to sudden anger
- irascibleProne to outbursts
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
mercurial · fiery · choleric · testy · touchy · irritable · cantankerous · petulant
Heedless or skin irritation
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
imprudent · foolhardy · heedless · brash · unthinking · careless · headstrong · hotspur
belligerent
Hostile and eager to clash
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
hostile · antagonistic · bellicose · truculent · contentious · provocative · warlike · quarrelsome · militant · fighters
zealots
Fanatical cause followers
- fanaticsObsessive believers
- firebrandsPassionate agents of change
- radicalsAdvocates for fundamental change
extremists · militants · crusaders · agitators · rabble-rousers · demagogues · revolutionaries · ideologues · hardliners · diehards
short-tempered
Prone to sudden anger
- quick-temperedProne to sudden anger
- irascibleProne to outbursts
- volatileLiable to sudden change
explosive · mercurial · fiery · choleric · testy · touchy · irritable · cantankerous · petulant · snappish
rash
Heedless or skin irritation
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
precipitate · imprudent · foolhardy · heedless · brash · unthinking · careless · headstrong · hotspur · daredevils
furious
Extremely angry
seething · wrathful · incensed · outraged · fuming · indignant · resentful · raging · infuriated · apoplectic
- emotional typesdepressed people, optimists, pessimists, grumps, worriers
- negativistspessimists, defeatists, doomers, doomsayers, negative Nellies
hotheadscool heads
Calm people under pressure
stoics · pacifists · peacemakers · cold fish · ice queens
hotheadsdeliberators
Those who carefully consider
pragmatists · calculators · strategists · planners · strategic thinkers