- hot-blooded
- hot-blooded "passionate," 1590s; a relic of medieval physiology theory.
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hot-blooded
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hot-blooded — Someone who is hot blooded is easily excitable or passionate … The small dictionary of idiomes
Hot-blooded — Hot blood ed, a. Having hot blood; excitable; high spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hot-blooded — adjective aggressive, amorous, athirst, avid, barbarous, bold, brutal, burning, careless, danger loving, daredevil, daring, desirous, desperate, eager, excessive, excitable, extreme, febrile, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, foolhardy,… … Law dictionary
hot-blooded — adj having very strong emotions such as anger or love, that are difficult to control = ↑passionate … Dictionary of contemporary English
hot-blooded — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lustful; passionate … English terms dictionary
Hot Blooded — Infobox Single Name = Hot Blooded Artist = Foreigner Album = Double Vision A side = B side = Released = 1978 Format = 7 Recorded = 1977 1978 Genre = Hard rock Length = 4:24 Label = Atlantic Writer = Lou Gramm, Mick Jones Producer = Keith Jones… … Wikipedia
hot-blooded — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe someone as hot blooded, you mean that they are very quick to express their emotions, especially anger and love. His neighbors remembered him as a hot blooded teenager, a self styled ladies man. Ant: cold… … English dictionary
hot-blooded — Someone who is hot blooded is easily excitable or passionate. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
hot-blooded — adjective he s not exactly the hot blooded Latin lover I thought he d be Syn: passionate, amorous, amatory, ardent, fervid, lustful, libidinous, lecherous, sexy, virile; informal horny Ant: cold … Thesaurus of popular words
hot-blooded — adjective prone to emotion hot blooded Latin Americans • Similar to: ↑emotional … Useful english dictionary
