fiery
consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire: a volcano's fiery discharge.
intensely hot: fiery desert sands.
like or suggestive of fire: a fiery red; angry, fiery eyes.
intensely ardent, impetuous, or passionate: fiery courage; a fiery speech.
easily angered or provoked: a fiery temper.
causing a burning sensation, as certain liquors or condiments.
inflamed, as a tumor or sore.
Mining: Older Use.
highly flammable.
containing highly flammable gas.
Origin of fiery
1Other words for fiery
3 | flaming, flashing, glowing, burning |
4 | fervent, vehement, spirited, impassioned |
Opposites for fiery
Other words from fiery
- fier·i·ly, adverb
- fier·i·ness, noun
- un·fier·y, adjective
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How to use fiery in a sentence
She said it with that sort of repressed fieriness that means so much when a person's heart is in a thing.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc | Mark TwainThe burning fieriness of the neat spirit made him choke and splutter, but the feeling of warmth it induced was very comforting.
Pincher Martin, O.D. | H. Taprell DorlingThe sun was a harsh ball of heat baking the ground and then, in some odd manner, drawing back that same fieriness.
Storm Over Warlock | Andre NortonThe fieriness of Mr. Tyrrel brought Mr. Falkland to his recollection.
Caleb Williams | William Godwin
British Dictionary definitions for fiery
/ (ˈfaɪərɪ) /
of, containing, or composed of fire
resembling fire in heat, colour, ardour, etc: a fiery desert wind; a fiery speaker
easily angered or aroused: a fiery temper
(of food) producing a burning sensation: a fiery curry
(of the skin or a sore) inflamed
flammable or containing flammable gas
(of a cricket pitch) making the ball bounce dangerously high
Derived forms of fiery
- fierily, adverb
- fieriness, noun
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