Used in a Sentence

hot-tempered

How to use hot-tempered in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for hot-tempered.

Editorial note

The community morphs into an hot-tempered accusatory group of individuals who hiss at anyone who sounds like they may not be on their side.

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Quick take

quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hot-tempered.

Example sentences

1

The community morphs into an hot-tempered accusatory group of individuals who hiss at anyone who sounds like they may not be on their side.

2

The setup exploited certain concepts of honor and - kind of ironically - hot-tempered youthness, susceptive to this.

3

Look at a definition of "violent" and its synonyms, many of them apply to words: synonyms: harsh, rough, aggressive, bullying, threatening, terrorizing, fierce, hot-tempered, frenzied, inhuman, heartless, callous, ruthless, merciless, pitiless, cruel, destructive, damaging, painful; 2.

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Did I just imagine up a tyrannical despot who seized power from the democratic process, called himself Fuhrer, then went on to slowly acquire land from Czechoslovakia, Austria and Yugoslavia, before deciding to invade France, Benelux, Poland and a host of other countries?Or the time when the hot-tempered Kaiser couldn't keep it in his pants and wanted to test his new toys with the rest of his aristocrat buddies?

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The community morphs into a hot-tempered accusatory group of individuals who takes any discussion of gendered discrimination and violence in the workplaces as an attack on them personally, and responds by attacking the honesty, intelligence, or motivation of the women describing their experiences, usually while descending into philosophical sophistry instead of actually engaging the subject matter in an honest discussion of how we can reduce people's feelings of unsafety in our workplaces.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use hot-tempered in a sentence?

The community morphs into an hot-tempered accusatory group of individuals who hiss at anyone who sounds like they may not be on their side.

What does hot-tempered mean?

quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"

What part of speech is hot-tempered?

hot-tempered is commonly used as adjective.