hotheaded

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective quickly aroused to anger
adjective characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; ; ; ; ; (`brainish' is archaic)

From hot + headed.

The hotheaded Welshmen were sworn to guard their heroine. — The Amazing Marriage — Complete, George Meredith
We are sure to get tidings of Bruce's hiding place in a day or two, and next time we will have the hound muzzled, lest any hotheaded Highlander should again interfere to mar the sport." — In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Their comrades are going to get up a subscription to send them back to Scotland, for you may be sure the hotheaded fools have not a bawbee of their pay laid by.” “I know them all, sergeant, and I should say they would be the very men to suit me; they are all strong and hearty fellows, and might have been good for another ten years campaigning if it had not been for this business. — Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

choleric, irascible, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered

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