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.