Synonyms of hot-tempered

hot-tempered

adjective

as in antagonistic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• antagonistic
• hostile
• feisty
• belligerent
• pugnacious
• combative
• quarrelsome
• confrontational
• warlike
• irascible
• aggressive
• bellicose
• irritable
• militant
• truculent
• fierce
• petulant
• snappish
• disputatious
• ornery
• contentious
• assaultive
• peevish
• argumentative
• surly
• scrappy
• fretful
• chippy
• choleric
• agonistic
• disagreeable
• grumpy
• ill-tempered
• querulous
• waspish
• grouchy
• gladiatorial
• testy
• ugly
• fractious
• dyspeptic
• pettish
• bilious
• bristly
• acidic
• crabby
• touchy
• discordant
• huffy
• brawly
• stroppy
• ill-natured
• cross
• ill-humored
• cranky
• prickly
• savage
• bearish
• rude
• vicious
• warring
• snappy
• fighting
• battling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaceful
• peaceable
• nonaggressive
• pacific
• amiable
• friendly
• pleasant
• good-natured
• unwarlike
• benevolent
• affable
• easygoing
• gracious
• conciliatory
• kindhearted
• cordial
• genial
• sociable
• amicable
• nonbelligerent
• calm
• complaisant
• uncontentious
• quiet
• ingratiating
• uncombative
• obliging
• unbelligerent
• mild
• good-tempered
• serene
• gentle
• tranquil
• benign
• relaxed
• antimilitarist
• anti-imperialist
• kindly

Examples of hot-tempered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Melissa Benoist as Bree Buckley: The intelligent and hot-tempered Buckley who formerly oversaw the fishery’s finances and, like her father, has allowed alcohol to ruin her bright future. —Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024

Benoist will play Bree Buckley, the intelligent and hot-tempered Buckley who formerly oversaw the fishery’s finances and, like her father, has allowed alcohol to ruin her bright future. —Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024

In a 2013 interview with CBS News, Knight pushed back on his reputation as being hot-tempered. —Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023

He is resented by Brother Nacho (Kinan Valdez), the most hot-tempered among them, for being another mouth to feed. —Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023

In The Goldbergs, Orrantia plays Erica Goldberg, the sarcastic and hot-tempered sibling of show creator Adam F. Goldberg. —Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023