fiery

Adjective
Synonyms: ardentferventfervidimpassionedperfervidtorridigneousflaming

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  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”Synonyms: ardentferventfervidimpassionedperfervidtorrid
  2. like or suggestive of fire“a fiery desert wind”“an igneous desert atmosphere”Synonyms: igneous
  3. very intense“a fiery temper”“flaming passions”Synonyms: flaming
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

And fiery billows roll below.— I. Watts.[1913 Webster]

2.Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous. [1913 Webster]

Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?— Shak.[1913 Webster]
The fiery spirit of his forefathers.— W. Irwing.[1913 Webster]

3.Passionate; easily provoked; irritable. [1913 Webster]

You know the fiery quality of the duke.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited. [1913 Webster]

One curbed the fiery steed.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

5.heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

The sword which is made fiery.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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