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Definition of "hotheaded" []

  • Easily angered; quick-tempered: a hotheaded commander. (adjective)
  • Impetuous; rash: a hotheaded decision. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hotheaded" in a sentence
  • "Yes Sin, some "hotheaded" Jews dared to attack the British army at a time when the British army was sending survivors of the death camps back to Germany, publicly flogging Jews and even hanging some who had fought in the British army in WWII in Acre prison."
  • "Yet when the violence is perpetrated by 'hotheaded' Muslims there can in your view be no explanation and ALL Muslims must be punished."
  • "Hence, you and the other sheep-like warmongers call for the annihilation of Iran because you perceive its leadership to be 'hotheaded'."