spicy
AdjectiveUS[spahy-see]/ˈspaɪsi/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)spicier, spiciest
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves“hot salsa”“jalapeno peppers are very hot”“a spicy sauce”“I like my chili extra spicy”Synonyms: hotOpposite tastelessSimilar tasty
- 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”Synonyms: bluegamygameyjuicynaughtyracyrisqueOpposite unsexySimilar sexy
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Translations
Adjective tangy or pungent
- Spanish
- picante
- French
- épicé
- German
- scharf
- Italian
- piccante
- Portuguese
- picante
- Turkish
- baharatlı
- Russian
- о́стрый óstryj
- Arabic
- حَارّ ḥārr
- Chinese
- 辣 là
- Japanese
- 辛い karai
32 more languages
- Dutch
- pittig
- Polish
- pikantny
- Swedish
- kryddig
- Greek
- καυτερός kafterós
- Korean
- 맵다 maepda
- Indonesian
- pedas
- Vietnamese
- cay
- Hungarian
- csípős
- Portuguese (PT)
- picante
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 辣 là
- Albanian
- pikant
- Catalan
- picant
- Czech
- pikantní
- Danish
- stærk
- Esperanto
- pikanta
- Estonian
- vürtsikas
- Finnish
- tulinen
- Georgian
- ცხარე cxare
- Hebrew
- חָרִיף kharíf
- Icelandic
- sterkur
- Kurdish
- tûj
- Latvian
- ass
- Lithuanian
- aštrus
- Norwegian
- sterk
- Romanian
- picant
- Scottish Gaelic
- spìosrach
- Serbo-Croatian
- ljut
- Slovak
- ostrý
- Slovenian
- pekoč
- Swahili
- -a pilipili
- Welsh
- sbeislyd
- Yiddish
- שאַרף sharf
Adjective hot, spicy with chilli
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Spi′cy adjective [Compar. Spicier; superlative Spiciest.]
Origin: From Spice.
1. Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes. “The spicy nut-brown ale.” John Milton
Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales.— Alexander Pope
2. Producing, or abounding with, spices.
In hot Ceylon spicy forests grew.— John Dryden
3. Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.
Synonyms: Aromatic; fragrant; smart; pungent; pointed; keen. See Racy.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54