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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. quickly aroused to anger;
- Example: "a hotheaded commander"
[syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered]

2. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation;
- Example: "a hotheaded decision"
- Example: "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"
- Example: "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"
- Example: "madcap escapades" (`brainish' is archaic);
[syn: hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hot-headed \Hot"-head`ed\, a.
   quickly and easily aroused to anger; fiery; violent; rash;
   hasty; impetuous; vehement; as, a hot-headed commander.
   [WordNet sense 1] --Macaulay.

   Syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered,
        quick-tempered, short-tempered.
        [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

hotheaded \hotheaded\ adj.
   1. same as hot-headed.

   Syn: choleric, irascible, hot-headed, hot-tempered,
        quick-tempered, short-tempered.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. liable to act with undue haste and without consideration.

   Syn: brainish, impulsive, impetuous, madcap,
        tearaway(prenominal).
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hotheaded
    adj 1: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn:
           choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered,
           quick-tempered, short-tempered]
    2: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or
       deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such
       impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display
       of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is
       archaic) [syn: hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous,
       madcap, tearaway(a), brainish]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "hotheaded":
   accident-prone, ardent, brash, breakneck, careless, combustible,
   daredevil, desperate, devil-may-care, explosive, fanatic, fierce,
   fiery, flaming, foolhardy, furious, hard-core, harum-scarum, hasty,
   headlong, heated, heedless, hot, hot-tempered, hurried,
   ill-advised, impetuous, incautious, inconsiderate, inflamed, mad,
   madcap, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, passionate,
   peppery, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick,
   quick-tempered, rash, reckless, red-hot, scorching, short-tempered,
   simmering, slap-bang, slapdash, spunky, stormy, tempestuous,
   thoughtless, tornadic, totally committed, vehement, violent,
   volatile, volcanic, wanton, white-hot, wild, zealous