hot-tempered

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Recent Examples of hot-tempered 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot-tempered
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  • More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina.
    Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The antagonistic interplay between Bruno and George is also dealt short shrift, lacking an electrifying oomph and glossing over aspects (better charting George’s tireless mission and Bruno’s slippery sensibilities) that would’ve deepened their respective gains and losses.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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  • The recall’s organizers, who have employed an especially hostile rhetoric toward the mayor, saw the lopsided early margin as confirmation of a likely victory.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In the novel, an astrophysicist, as an act of revenge for her father’s murder by Red Guards, chooses to put Earth at risk by sending out a provocative interstellar message to hostile aliens.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • The event was marked by feisty exchanges between the nominees, which became increasingly heated after Harris said that Trump supporters were leaving his rallies due to boredom.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Even the Brooklyn Nets, a team practically destined for the depths of the draft lottery, looks feisty and even competitive.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are increasingly belligerent and increasingly operating in concert.
    Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Iran had initially downplayed the impact of Israel’s strikes on its military facilities, but in recent days has begun to voice increasingly belligerent rhetoric.
    Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • For decades, Alec maintained a pugnacious relationship with the press, but photographers who have followed him for years noticed a shift after Rust.
    Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 July 2024
  • The normally pugnacious Trump campaign took the rare step of distancing itself from Hinchcliffe.
    Jill Colvin, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • With more than half of seniors on private Medicare Advantage plans now, this combative trend could create increasing disruption to their coverage.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In contrast to Biden's combative tone, Harris made a plea to all Americans, including Republicans, at a rally attended by 75,000 people at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • In the previous three years alone, the police had responded to a dozen incidents featuring the quarrelsome man.
    Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
  • Stereophonic could be called a workplace drama, a quarrelsome family play or even an extended hangout, as much a vibe as a story.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
  • Some characters die violently in a warlike atmosphere, and the remaining ones struggle with their losses.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • China is constantly searching for opportunities to take bits of territory and catch its opponent by surprise, without taking overt warlike actions.
    Brahma Chellaney, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2021

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“Hot-tempered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot-tempered. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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