hotheaded

adj.

1. Easily angered; quick-tempered: a hotheaded commander.
2. Impetuous; rash: a hotheaded decision.

hotheadedly hot'head'ed·ly adv.
hotheadedness hot'head'ed·ness n.

adjective

Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste: brash, foolhardy, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, ill-considered, impetuous, improvident, impulsive, incautious, madcap, precipitant, precipitate, rash¹, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, unconsidered. See careful/careless.

adj

Definition: impetuous
Antonyms: cool-headed

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: quickly aroused to anger
  Synonyms: choleric, irascible, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short, short-tempered

Meaning #2: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; (`brainish' is archaic)
  Synonyms: impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hidsig, opfarende, ubesindig, pirrelig

Français (French)
adj. - coléreux, impétueux, exalté, précipité

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hitzköpfig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θερμοκέφαλος

Italiano (Italian)
irascibile, testa calda

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - colérico

Русский (Russian)
вспыльчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - impulsivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hetlevrad, häftig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
急躁的, 卤莽的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 急躁的, 鹵莽的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성급한, 성마른, 잘 흥분하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 怒りっぽい, 性急な

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חמום-מוח‬

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