hot-blooded

adjective

hot-blood·​ed ˈhät-ˈblə-dəd How to pronounce hot-blooded (audio)
1
: easily excited : passionate
2
3
of a horse : having Arab or Thoroughbred ancestors
hot-bloodedness noun

Examples of hot-blooded in a Sentence

after watching the successful defense of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key quickly wrote the hot-blooded poem that later became known as "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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The film is an action comedy featuring a hot-blooded detective and a swindler who is also a master of disguise who team up to combat an evil mafia. Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 May 2024 Goncharenko was a hot-blooded Ukrainian nationalist who broke with the pro-Russian party of his father, the former mayor of Odesa, who is now wanted by the Ukrainian state. Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 So when the Italians moved over to the United States in the early 1900s, those prejudices came with them... that these people were of a questionable, secretive nature and had a hot-blooded temper and things of that kind. Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024 And where are his hot-blooded romantic ambitions supposed to fit into the picture? Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023 Former wallflowers turn into raving lunatics and normally hot-blooded folks go positively supernova. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2023 Such explosive hustle deserves a hot-blooded song from the quad exhaust pipes. Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 28 June 2023 Related:Why is the barbecue business in Texas so hot-blooded? Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 30 May 2023 My hot-blooded alarmist, my early-warning system, my tsunami siren. Pam Houston, Outside Online, 13 May 2019

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of hot-blooded was circa 1616

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“Hot-blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot-blooded. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

hot-blooded

adjective
hot-blood·​ed
-ˈbləd-əd
: easily excited : passionate
hot-bloodedness noun
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