He's very hot-tempered and can easily lose his temper.
Source: tatoeba (5373512)
Hot-tempered
Synonyms for "hot-tempered" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
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1 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- θερμόβουλος adj (easily angered)
- ὀξύθυμος adj (easily angered)
Danish
1 entries- hidsig adj (easily angered)
Dutch
2 entries- heetbloedig adj (easily angered)
- heetgebakerd adj (easily angered)
German
3 entries- cholerisch adj (easily angered)
- hitzköpfig adj (easily angered)
- jähzornig adj (easily angered)
Irish
1 entries- cochallach adj (easily angered)
Latin
1 entries- īrācundus adj (easily angered)
Māori
1 entries- kiriweti adj (easily angered)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- ꙗръ adj (easily angered)
Polish
1 entries- wybuchowy adj (easily angered)
Russian
2 entries- вспы́льчивый adj (easily angered)
- горя́чий adj (easily angered)
Spanish
3 entries- colérico adj (easily angered)
- irascible adj (easily angered)
- mañoso adj (easily angered)
Swedish
2 entries- hetlevrad adj (easily angered)
- hetsig adj (easily angered)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
You're too hot-tempered.
Source: tatoeba (9387445)
I had placed there as gamekeeper, an old retired gendarme, a good man, hot-tempered, a severe disciplinarian, a terror to poachers and fearing nothing.
Source: tatoeba (11969400)
Near-synonyms: quick-tempered, short-tempered
Source: wiktionary
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