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Meanings of hot-tempered in inglês

Quickly aroused to anger.

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Usage of hot-tempered in inglês
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And not another word would the hot-tempered gentleman say on the subject.
The Junior Classics, Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales
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Young, hot-tempered Marq Piper urged a strike west at Casterly Rock instead.
A Game of Thrones
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It was no sinecure, this educating of the hot-tempered and undisciplined youngster.
Further Adventures of Lad
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Harry told all about it to her and to the hot-tempered gentleman.
The Junior Classics, Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales
5
I always liked it better than the dragon: It wasn't so hot-tempered.
The Book of Dragons
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Two years ago my mother, though she was hot-tempered, still loved me.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
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A reckless, hot-tempered boy, cocky and scared stiff at the same time.
The Outsiders
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In private, he was a good deal more demonstrative and, on occasion, hot-tempered.
The Guardian
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Quynh's friends described her as frank and hot-tempered but true to her word.
The Guardian
10
He was hot-tempered and quick, but he kept his temper in good control.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
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We were a precious pair: I sulky and obstinate, she changeable and hot-tempered.
Cashel Byron's Profession
12
Baxter is very hot-tempered and willing to fight almost any time.
The Rover Boys at Colby Hall; or, The Struggles of the Young Cad...
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Unlike McMahon, whom he was to replace, Wingate was fiery, hot-tempered, and impulsive.
Hero: the life and legend of lawrence of arabia
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Fearsome and hot-tempered, he is not a man you would want to contradict.
The Irish Times
15
A mere disagreement between two gentlemen, generous, hot-tempered chaps, followed by mutual apologies.
Ruggles of Red Gap
16
He was an impulsive man of thirty, brown-bearded, black-eyed, and hot-tempered.
The Grey Room
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