hot-blooded
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5.6
- adjective
- /hɑtˈblʌdɪd/
:
apasionado
- Looking every inch the hot-blooded, emotional Italian.
- hot-blooded Italian
- hot-blooded Spanish
- hot-blooded man
Examples
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All the women in our family are sort of hot-blooded.
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Maria, my hot-blooded Spanish friend ...
Fiction book (1992) -
You're hot-blooded and you have to let off steam.
Fiction book (1992) -
She is surely a hot-blooded girl, he thinks and chuckles.
Fiction book (2000) -
The central figure is Mark Muir, a hot-blooded young scientist who loves metallurgy.
Blog text (20) -
Sylvie felt as young and ripe and hot-blooded as she had before her marriage, when she had been free and footloose in Stockholm.
Fiction book (1990) -
He's a hot-blooded Hungarian.
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She has a hot-blooded personality, often getting passionate about her beliefs.
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The hot-blooded fans erupted in cheers when their team scored the winning goal.
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His hot-blooded nature made him quick to anger during arguments.
Synonyms
329
2.8
Having very strong feelings about something
64
3.5
Full of strong, often angry feelings
9
5.8
Full of lively energy and strong feelings
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5.1
Quick to become angry
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4.0
Full of strong feeling or interest
Antonyms
How Emotional
64
3.5
7
5.6
329
2.8
535
2.1
735
1.0
3
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hot-blooded comes from an old idea that a person's hot blood could be 'hot' or 'cold', and 'hot' meant quick to feel strong emotions. So, to call someone hot-blooded is to say they easily get angry or excited.