hot-tempered

And though thou wert of the race of the hot-tempered, or of the voluptuous, or of the fanatical, or the vindictive;

Apart from this, which made him an exacting companion, he was one of the most upright, hot-tempered, hot-headed old gentlemen in England.

Soup does very well without--Maybe it's always pepper that makes people hot-tempered,' she went on, very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule, `and vinegar that makes them sour--and camomile that makes them bitter--and--and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered.

Tulliver first knew the fact that the law-suit was decided against him, and that Pivart and Wakem were triumphant, every one who happened to observe him at the time thought that, for so confident and hot-tempered a man, he bore the blow remarkably well.

They would, indeed, have very good reason, if they did not see that I am under orders, and that 'you are a messenger, my friend, no blame belongs to you.' Don't you trust to that, Sancho, for the Manchegan folk are as hot-tempered as they are honest, and won't put up with liberties from anybody.

"Smith is notoriously hot-tempered, but the sight of some nondescript and miry creature sitting crosslegged amongst a lot of loose straw, and swinging itself to and fro like a bear in a cage, made him pause.

You are both melancholy, both morose and hot-tempered, both haughty and both generous.

associate with hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them (Proverbs 22:24-25).

Aichata has this rage in her that drives her, sometimes she is too hot-tempered but she's determined.

The hot-tempered Serb (above) is wanted by Turkish sides Besiktas and Fenerbahce with Toon ready to play ball if they can get close to recouping the PS14million they paid Anderlecht for him.

The hot-tempered President went on a media blitz on Thursday, as he appeared in a series of live television interviews on the eve of his sixth month in office.

that Lady Colin Campbell is hot-tempered. Now sit back and enjoy watching her being pushed to the edge by the renovations on her eccentric new home.