as in impetuous
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Recent Examples of hotheaded
Ledbetter’s struggles with her hotheaded son, as well as her triumphs as an accomplished ballroom dancer outside of work, also get a half-hearted treatment.
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Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
While Yasuke is considered level-headed, Naoe is more hotheaded.
—EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
If Freeman’s unflappable version of the character is a trope, so is Hodge’s hotheaded one.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety The case may come down to which version of Baldwin the jury finds more credible: the hotheaded egomaniac who thinks the rules don’t apply to him or the consummate professional who was failed by those around him.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 July 2024
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Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
While Yasuke is considered level-headed, Naoe is more hotheaded.
—EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
If Freeman’s unflappable version of the character is a trope, so is Hodge’s hotheaded one.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety The case may come down to which version of Baldwin the jury finds more credible: the hotheaded egomaniac who thinks the rules don’t apply to him or the consummate professional who was failed by those around him.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotheaded
Adjective
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On the one hand, there is the impetuous, often swaggering young writer whose sometimes brash, sometimes tender personality vividly emerges from the hundred-odd poems that have come down to us.—
Daniel Mendelsohn,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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The sometimes impetuous Nasser and the reserved and uncharismatic Hasan al-Hudaybi, the Brotherhood’s general guide (the top official) at this time, grew to hate each other in the years immediately following the revolution.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2018
Adjective
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This reckless governance has fueled a housing affordability crisis.—
Chris Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Now, as his reckless tariffs rattle markets and the stock market tumbles, the real cost of his policies is coming into view.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Clients who check their investments frequently tend to experience more anxiety and are more likely to make impulsive changes.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In Trump's impulsive first term, Waltz might've been fired.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Twist in The Woman in the Yard Is a New Low for Trauma Horror Horror that’s really about trauma is now the norm, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this film’s treatment of mental health.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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Nor, Miss Manners uncharacteristically assures you, is making thoughtless strangers feel better.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Respectively played by Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, the brash Seth is the yin to gentle Evan's yang.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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When a brash, Porsche-driving weed entrepreneur announced the launch of a new chain of Southern California cannabis shops, investors ponied up millions.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Fiduciaries who fail to meet their obligations may face personal liability for losses incurred by the plan due to imprudent decisions or conflicts of interest.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The interest and usage would be narrow, and somewhat imprudent other than for basic research pursuits.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The tiresome, overconfident Musk finished second (29.3 percent), while an endless, if barely audible, drumbeat for Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle series was enough to earn the duchess third place (12.7 percent).—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
8 Mar. 2025
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Balance enthusiasm with professionalism by showing energy without appearing desperate or overconfident.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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But the assumption of massive demand has proven foolhardy.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Long-Term Optimism Of Markets If market timing is a foolhardy mission, why should investors stay invested?—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Hotheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotheaded. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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