fiery

Adjective
US[fahy-er-ee]/ˈfaɪɚi/3 syllables
Synonyms: ardentferventfervidimpassionedperfervidtorridigneousflaming

Open English WordNet

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: ardentferventfervidimpassionedperfervidtorridOpposite passionlessSimilar passionate
  2. like or suggestive of fire“a fiery desert wind”“an igneous desert atmosphere”Synonyms: igneousOpposite coldSimilar hot
  3. passionate or quick-tempered“a fiery temper”“flaming passions”Synonyms: flamingOpposite coldSimilar hot

Related words fervidness noun, fieriness noun, fire noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Fi′er·y (? or ?), adjective

Origin: Formerly written firy, fr. fire.

1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.

And fiery billows roll below.— Isaac Watts

2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.

Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?— William Shakespeare
The fiery spirit of his forefathers.— W. Irwing.

3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.

You know the fiery quality of the duke.— William Shakespeare

4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.

One curbed the fiery steed.— John Dryden

5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. Alexander Pope

The sword which is made fiery.— Richard Hooker

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 Walter Scott

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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