Fiery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Consisting of or containing fire.
  • adj. Burning or glowing.
  • adj. Using or effected with fire.
  • adj. Easily ignited; flammable.
  • adj. Having the color of fire; brightly red: fiery hair; a fiery sunset.
  • adj. Torridly hot.
  • adj. Feverishly hot and flushed: fiery cheeks.
  • adj. Being in an inflamed, usually painful condition: a fiery boil.
  • adj. Easily excited or emotionally volatile; tempestuous: a fiery temper.
  • adj. Charged with emotion; spirited: a fiery denunciation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, or relating to fire
  • adj. Burning or glowing
  • adj. Inflammable or easily ignited
  • adj. Having the colour of fire
  • adj. Hot or inflamed
  • adj. Tempestuous or emotionally volatile
  • adj. Spirited or filled with emotion
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire
  • adj. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
  • adj. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
  • adj. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
  • adj. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of fire, or resembling fire; burning or flaming: as, the fiery flood of Etna; a fiery meteor; a flower of a fiery color.
  • Like fire in character or quality; vehement; impetuous; passionate; fierce: as, a fiery speech; a fiery steed.
  • Like fire in effect; heated by or as if by fire; producing a burning sensation: as, a fiery wound or eruption; fiery liquors or condiments.
  • In cricket, causing the ball to bound high after pitching: said of wicket or bowler.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by intense emotion
  • adj. like or suggestive of fire
  • adj. very intense
  • Equivalent
    passionate    hot   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    vehement    ardent    impetuous    passionate    irritable    unrestrained    fierce    mettlesome    spirited    parched   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    diary    friary    priory   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fierce    golden    angry    icy    luminous    glorious    impetuous    inner