hotheaded

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}]
    

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]
    

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]
    

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