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Definitions

hair-trigger

ADJECTIVE
delicate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
critical precarious sensitive ticklish touchy tricky unpredictable volatile
WEAK
uncertain
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calm easy firm stable
WEAK
coarse harsh healthful healthy heavy imprecise indelicate indiscriminating inelegant insensitive robust rough strong uncareful uncritical unscrupulous
ADJECTIVE
immediate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
actual prompt urgent
WEAK
at once at present time at this moment critical current existing extant first instant live next now on hand paramount present pressing up-to-date
Antonyms
WEAK
away distant eventually far later never
ADJECTIVE
instantaneous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
rapid spontaneous transitory
WEAK
direct fast in a flash instant momentary quick
Antonyms
WEAK
delayed eventual late later

Example Sentences

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Thursday’s swings in oil prices were the latest in a hair-trigger market in which traders have been glued to any new information, sparking moves with a scant relationship to the underlying disruption to physical supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Their entire business model, their whole inner nature, is predicated on hair-trigger litigiousness, predatory aggressiveness and a hunger to win at all costs.

From Salon • May 24, 2025

Meanwhile, Morrissey ordered more tests to determine whether Baldwin’s gun had a hair-trigger, as the defense team suggested.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2024

He’s rather twitchy himself, having a hair-trigger temper that has gotten him fired from just about every job he’s ever had.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

With the hair-trigger, only one pound of pressure was needed.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis