hothead

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hothead

A person with an excitable, fiery, or impetuous temper or disposition; one who is quick to get angry or act rashly. That lady in the car behind me is a real hothead, honking and shouting at me every time I slow down! He turns into a bit of a hothead when he is drinking, always looking to get into a fight with someone.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gladys	GLAD-is (English)	Welsh, English
Kazue	kah-zoo-e	Japanese
Frige	-	Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Lysimachus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Archembald	-	Ancient Germanic
Tatiana	tah-TYAH-nah (Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian), TAH-tee-ah-nah (Finnish), ta-tee-AN-ə (English), ta-TYAN-ə (English)	Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Greek, Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish