Peppery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, containing, or resembling pepper; sharp or pungent in flavor.
  • adj. Vigorously sharp-tempered: a peppery sales clerk.
  • adj. Sharp and stinging in style or content; vivid or fiery: peppery criticism.
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  • adj. Having the taste of pepper.
  • adj. Having a fiery temperament.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.
  • adj. Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to pepper; resembling pepper, as in appearance, taste, etc.; sharp; pungent; hot: as, a peppery appearance.
  • Choleric; irritable; warm; passionate; sharp; stinging: as, a peppery disposition; a peppery answer.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having the piquant burning taste of peppers
    • Equivalent
    tasty   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hot    pungent    passionate    choleric    irascible   
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