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Recent Examples of hot-tempered In addition, teens who are dealing with intense emotions that are hard to cope with are often hot-tempered and easily irritated. —
Staff Author, Parents, 9 Mar. 2026 What is the strategy for living with someone who is exceedingly hot-tempered? —R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025 The movie co-stars Albert Finney as an acclaimed and hot-tempered writer named George and Keaton as Faith, the wife and mother of his children, who gave up her own dreams to support him, only to get thrown over for a younger woman (Karen Allen). —Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025 Robbie is a complicated man, at once incredibly compassionate and deeply self-centered, philosophical and brooding but also impulsive and hot-tempered. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Laura is observant, tender, strong-willed, hot-tempered. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 May 2025 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
Staff Author, Parents, 9 Mar. 2026 What is the strategy for living with someone who is exceedingly hot-tempered? —R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025 The movie co-stars Albert Finney as an acclaimed and hot-tempered writer named George and Keaton as Faith, the wife and mother of his children, who gave up her own dreams to support him, only to get thrown over for a younger woman (Karen Allen). —Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025 Robbie is a complicated man, at once incredibly compassionate and deeply self-centered, philosophical and brooding but also impulsive and hot-tempered. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Laura is observant, tender, strong-willed, hot-tempered. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 May 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot-tempered
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Mamdani, a democratic socialist, and Menin, a moderate democrat, have developed an antagonistic relationship in their first months of leadership.— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Federal efforts to kill the project California must also contend with a federal government antagonistic toward offshore wind.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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On Tuesday a civil jury concluded that Lodes resigned involuntarily due to his reporting of a hostile workplace and was awarded the multimillion-dollar payment as compensation for his emotional damages.— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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The lawsuit claims Mavromatis experienced retaliatory consequences for raising concerns about the harassment and hostile work environment.— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026
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Delane is an athletic, fast, and feisty man cover corner.— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
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Boring dad; feisty mom; rich do-gooder; striving newcomer; MAGA one; MAGA two.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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In a sea of gray-toned suits and uniforms, the woman trying to soothe her crying baby comes across as an outlier even before a belligerent young salaryman starts screaming at her for disturbing the peace.— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
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Never has the United States had a secretary of defense less capable, more egregiously belligerent, or less suited to provide civilian direction of a war than Pete Hegseth.— Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
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The critics are not kind to him in either performance, but Scorsese is impressed with his work ethic and pugnacious attitude.— Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
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Mullin was known for a pugnacious attitude as a member of Congress and for his substantial wealth earned during his time in Washington, D.C.— Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 5 Mar. 2026
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If someone tends to have more of a combative communication style, they might have been raised to see bluntness as just telling the truth.— Nancy Pulciano, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recently, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services issued an order that Tewksbury Hospital security officers will no longer carry or use non-lethal and defensive tactical equipment like pepper gel, batons and handcuffs to subdue violent and combative patients.— Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
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Both Trotsky and Paul get absorbed in quarrelsome dialectics and in point-scoring built around minute differences.— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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The only thing that puts wind in The Disappear’s heavy sails is the real people attempting to give some sense of depth, breadth, and humor to the near-caricatures on stage — especially the play’s quarrelsome leads.— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2026
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Fuqua’s focus is on the music, with songwriting, video production and choreography scenes, and full-length live performances tackled with staggering precision by Jaafar Jackson, who also sensitively delivers Michael’s repressed anguish in confrontational scenes with his father.— Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
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Fuqua’s focus is on the music, with songwriting, video production and choreography scenes, and full-length live performances tackled with staggering precision by Jaafar Jackson, who also sensitively delivers Michael’s repressed anguish in confrontational scenes with his father.— Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
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