hothead.
One who is prone to anger or who actively seeks out conflicts and confrontations.
Meaning & usage
One who is prone to anger or who actively seeks out conflicts and confrontations.
The club was full of eager young hotheads who never seemed to be able to agree on anything.
One who reacts or responds rapidly without engaging in careful deliberation.
Someone get this hothead out of here before he does some damage.
Where this word comes from
From hot + head. Compare English hotbrain (“a hothead”); Middle English hot-heorte, hat-heorte (“anger”), Old English hātheort (“furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent”, literally “hot-heart”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.