hotheadedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From hot +‎ headed.

発音

形容詞

hotheaded (comparative more hotheaded, superlative most hotheaded)

1. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
   • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 1, in The Antiquary—Volume II:

     Such an opportunity can hardly again occur to an ancient and grey-haired man; and to see it lost by the madcap spleen of a hot-headed boy!

   • 1919, Zane Grey, chapter 18, in The Desert of Wheat:

     "But I am!" flashed the young man, as if he had been misunderstood.
     "Listen. You're like all boys—hot-headed an' hasty. Let me talk a little," resumed Anderson.

   • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”

同意語

• fiery, hasty, hot-tempered, impetuous, rash, vehement, violent, temperamental, reckless

反意語

• calm, composed, level-headed

派生語

• hotheadedly
• hotheadedness