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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. characterized by intense emotion;
- Example: "ardent love"
- Example: "an ardent lover"
- Example: "a fervent desire to change society"
- Example: "a fervent admirer"
- Example: "fiery oratory"
- Example: "an impassioned appeal"
- Example: "a torrid love affair"
[syn: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid]

2. like or suggestive of fire;
- Example: "a fiery desert wind"
- Example: "an igneous desert atmosphere"
[syn: fiery, igneous]

3. very intense;
- Example: "a fiery temper"
- Example: "flaming passions"
[syn: fiery, flaming]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fiery \Fi"er*y\ (? or ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]
   1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the
      fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
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            And fiery billows roll below.         --I. Watts.
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   2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
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            Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?
                                                  --Shak.
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            The fiery spirit of his forefathers.  --W. Irwing.
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   3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
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            You know the fiery quality of the duke. --Shak.
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   4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
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            One curbed the fiery steed.           --Dryden.
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   5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched;
      feverish. --Pope.
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            The sword which is made fiery.        --Hooker.
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   Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and
      pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland
      borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up
      arms. --Sir W. Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fiery
    adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
           ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
           fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
           appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent,
           fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid,
           torrid]
    2: like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an
       igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: fiery, igneous]
    3: very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions" [syn:
       fiery, flaming]