hot-tempered

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A welter of memoirs and biographies have traced their colorful lives as well as their relationships with one another and with their hot-tempered father, David.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

That isn't the only accusation against Prabowo: an ambitious, intelligent and hot-tempered officer who, as Suharto's son-in-law, was a fast-rising star in the military.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

Detractors considered him a hot-tempered, arrogant bully and dubbed him "Hurricane Billy."

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023

“I’ve been trying to say calm because of Othell,” he said, referring to talented but hot-tempered guard Othell Wilson.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

“He was a hot-tempered genius. Did you know he was famous even when he was alive?”

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg