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fiery

(faɪəri)
Word forms: superlative fieriest
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something as fiery, you mean that it is burning strongly or contains fire.
[literary]
A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
You can use fiery for emphasis when you are referring to bright colours such as red or orange.
[literary, emphasis]
The flowers provided a fiery bright red display.
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe food or drink as fiery, you mean that it has a very strong hot or spicy taste.
[written]
...a fiery combination of chicken, chillies and rice.
Synonyms: spicy, hot, pungent, piquant More Synonyms of fiery
4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe someone as fiery, you mean that they express very strong emotions, especially anger, in their behaviour or speech.
[written]
She was a fiery, brilliant and unyielding intellectual and politician.
She had a fiery temper and liked to get her own way.
More Synonyms of fiery

fiery in British English

(ˈfaɪərɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: fierier or fieriest
1. 
of, containing, or composed of fire
2. 
resembling fire in heat, colour, ardour, etc
a fiery desert wind
a fiery speaker
3. 
easily angered or aroused
a fiery temper
4. 
(of food) producing a burning sensation
a fiery curry
5. 
(of the skin or a sore) inflamed
6. 
flammable or containing flammable gas
7. 
(of a cricket pitch) making the ball bounce dangerously high
Derived forms
fierily (ˈfierily)
adverb
fieriness (ˈfieriness)
noun

fiery in American English

(ˈfaɪəri; ˈfaɪri)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈfierier or ˈfieriest
1. 
containing or consisting of fire
2. 
like fire; glaring, hot, etc.
3. 
characterized by strong emotion; ardent; spirited
fiery words
4. 
easily stirred up; excitable
a fiery nature
5. 
easily set on fire; flammable
fiery fumes
6. 
inflamed
a fiery sore
Derived forms
fierily (ˈfierily)
adverb
fieriness (ˈfieriness)
noun
Word origin
ME firi

Examples of 'fiery' in a sentence
fiery

His fiery temper was liable to overspill.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The fiery Arizona speech was all the more striking given the whirlwind day that preceded it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Others in his career had already glimpsed his fiery temper.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The swollen eyelid was a fiery red.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
Her fiery rhetoric was tempered by her humanity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is thanks to that job that she went from blonde to fiery red.
The Sun (2012)
He has a fiery temper waiting to be drawn out.
The Sun (2012)
It has a few fiery red autumnal leaves that combine so well with the golden yellow fruits.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He had a fiery temper and would explode at the slightest provocation.
The Sun (2007)
We didn't all get round our fiery cauldron and throw dead mice in a pot.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This spicy salsa is like pesto, only hot and fiery.
The Sun (2009)
This incisive, fiery disciplinarian always gets to the heart of a score.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But if it gets fiery and feisty, then we have players here who can handle themselves.
The Sun (2015)
Be sure you want a fiery relationship before getting closer to a Leo.
The Sun (2012)
From indigo to fiery oranges and reds, the colours are wonderfully rich.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Dull green oval summer leaves turn yellow, orange and fiery red in autumn.
Bloom, Adrian Winter Garden Glory (1993)
Behind him the sun was setting, its final rays turning the sky a fiery red.
Oliver Poole BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)
It can get very fiery.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Blame this on the strong position of fiery Mars which eggs you on to strive to be first past the winning post in all situations.
The Sun (2015)
The rapper said: 'I wanted something fiery.
The Sun (2011)
Where are the cries, the distressed gulls wheeling, the fiery orange light?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Their races, he says, can sometimes get a bit fiery.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He was also something of a fiery personality, who liked to argue with referees, opponents and managers alike.
John Foot Calcio: A History of Italian Football (2006)
FORGET haggis and whisky, in Perthshire they are embracing all things fiery and hot.
The Sun (2013)

In other languages
fiery

British English: fiery ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as fiery, you mean that it is burning strongly or contains fire.
A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion.
  • American English: fiery
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ardente
  • Chinese: 雄雄燃烧的
  • European Spanish: abrasador
  • French: torride
  • German: feurig
  • Italian: infocato
  • Japanese: 猛火の
  • Korean: 작열하는
  • European Portuguese: ardente
  • Latin American Spanish: abrasador

Chinese translation of 'fiery'

fiery

(ˈfaɪərɪ)

adj

    1. (lit) 着(著)火的 (zháohuǒ de)
    2. [red, orange] 如火的 (rúhuǒ de)
  2. (fig) [person, temper, speech] 火暴的 (huǒbào de)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
consisting of or like fire
People set up fiery barricades.
Synonyms
burning
He was last seen alive as he ran into his burning house.
flaming
A group followed carrying flaming torches.
glowing
blazing
a blazing fire
on fire
The captain radioed that the ship was on fire.
red-hot
red-hot iron
ablaze
Shops, houses and vehicles were ablaze.
in flames
Half the building was in flames.
aflame
Hundreds of tightly rolled newspapers were set aflame.
afire
2 (adjective) 
Definition
consisting of or like fire
fiery autumn foliage
Synonyms
bright
a bright red dress
brilliant
The event was held in brilliant sunshine.
intense
vivid
a vivid blue sky
vibrant
His shirt was a vibrant shade of green.
3 (adjective) 
Definition
(of food) very spicy
a fiery combination of chillies and rice.
Synonyms
spicy
Thai food is hot and spicy.
hot
He loved hot curries.
pungent
The more herbs you use, the more pungent the sauce will be.
piquant
a mixed salad with a piquant dressing
4 (adjective) 
Definition
displaying strong passion, esp. anger
I see you have a fiery temper.
Synonyms
excitable
The patient was in a highly excitable state.
violent
I had a violent temper and was always in fights.
fierce
the teeth of some fierce animal
passionate
She has a passionate temper.
irritable
He had been waiting for an hour and was starting to feel irritable.
impetuous
He tended to act in a heated and impetuous way.
irascible
He had an irascible temper.
peppery
a peppery temper
hot-headed
a footballer whose fiery temper makes him too hot-headed to handle
choleric
He plays a choleric old schoolmaster.
5 (adjective) 
Synonyms
feverish
She looked feverish; her eyes glistened.
hot
Cook the meat quickly on a hot barbecue plate.
burning
heated
It was a very heated argument.
fevered
flushed
inflamed
Her eyes were sore and inflamed.
febrile (formal)
The child was in a febrile condition.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of ablaze
Definition
on fire
Shops, houses and vehicles were ablaze.
Synonyms
on fire,
lighted,
burning,
flaming,
blazing,
fiery,
ignited,
alight,
aflame,
afire
in the sense of aflame
Definition
in flames
Hundreds of tightly rolled newspapers were set aflame.
Synonyms
burning,
lighted,
lit,
flaming,
blazing,
on fire,
fiery,
ignited,
alight,
ablaze,
afire
in the sense of blazing
a blazing fire
Synonyms
burning,
flashing,
flaming,
glowing,
gleaming,
on fire,
fiery,
alight,
scorching,
smouldering,
ablaze,
aflame,
afire

Nearby words of
fiery

  • fierce
  • fiercely
  • fierceness
  • fiery
  • fiesta
  • fight
  • fight back

Synonyms of 'fiery'

fiery

Explore 'fiery' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of red-hot
Definition
extremely hot
red-hot iron
Synonyms
very hot,
burning,
heated,
steaming,
searing,
scorching,
scalding,
piping hot
in the sense of vibrant
Definition
(of a colour) strong and bright
His shirt was a vibrant shade of green.
Synonyms
vivid,
bright,
brilliant,
intense,
clear,
rich,
glowing,
colourful,
highly-coloured
in the sense of violent
Definition
very intense
I had a violent temper and was always in fights.
Synonyms
fiery,
raging,
fierce,
flaming,
furious,
passionate,
peppery,
ungovernable
in the sense of vivid
Definition
very bright
a vivid blue sky
Synonyms
bright,
brilliant,
intense,
clear,
rich,
glowing,
colourful,
highly-coloured
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