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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. having an agreeably pungent taste;
[syn: piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty]

2. producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves;
- Example: "hot salsa"
- Example: "jalapeno peppers are very hot"
[syn: hot, spicy]

3. suggestive of sexual impropriety;
- Example: "a blue movie"
- Example: "blue jokes"
- Example: "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"
- Example: "a juicy scandal"
- Example: "a naughty wink"
- Example: "naughty words"
- Example: "racy anecdotes"
- Example: "a risque story"
- Example: "spicy gossip"
[syn: blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spicy \Spi"cy\, a. [Compar. Spicier; superl. Spiciest.]
   [From Spice.]
   1. Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant;
      aromatic; as, spicy breezes. "The spicy nut-brown ale."
      --Milton.
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            Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales. --Pope.
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   2. Producing, or abounding with, spices.
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            In hot Ceylon spicy forests grew.     --Dryden.
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   3. Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.
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   Syn: Aromatic; fragrant; smart; pungent; pointed; keen. See
        Racy.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spicy
    adj 1: having an agreeably pungent taste [syn: piquant,
           savory, savoury, spicy, zesty]
    2: producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot
       salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" [syn: hot, spicy]
    3: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue
       jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details";
       "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy
       anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" [syn: blue,
       gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque,
       spicy]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

95 Moby Thesaurus words for "spicy":
   ambrosial, aromatic, balmy, bawdy, biting, blue, brisk, broad,
   burning, curried, essenced, exciting, fiery, flavorful, flavorsome,
   flowery, fragrant, fruity, full-bodied, high-seasoned,
   high-spirited, hot, hot as pepper, improper, incense-breathing,
   indecent, indecorous, indelicate, interesting, intimate, inviting,
   juicy, lively, musky, nippy, notorious, odorate, odoriferous,
   odorous, off color, off-color, offensive, outrageous, peppery,
   perfumed, perfumy, piquant, poignant, provocative, provoking,
   pungent, purple, racy, readable, redolent, revealing, revelatory,
   ribald, rich, risky, risque, salty, savory, scabrous, scandalous,
   scented, seasoned, sensational, sexy, shady, sharp, snappy,
   sophisticated, spiced, spirited, stimulating, succulent,
   suggestive, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tangy,
   tantalizing, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring,
   thought-provoking, thuriferous, tickling, titillating, unseemly,
   wicked, with a kick, zestful, zesty, zippy