fiery Definition
fi·ery (fī′ər ē, fī′rē)
adjective -·eri·er, -·eri·est
- containing or consisting of fire
- like fire; glaring, hot, etc.
- characterized by strong emotion; ardent; spirited fiery words
- easily stirred up; excitable a fiery nature
- easily set on fire; flammable fiery fumes
- inflamed a fiery sore
Etymology: ME firi
fiery Related Forms
fi′·eri·ly adverb
fi′·eri·ness noun
fiery Synonyms
fiery
modif.
fiery Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- furnace: They learned lessons in the fiery furnace they would never have learned in the cool of day.
- chariot: God could have descended from heaven in a fiery chariot.
- darts: I'm like a soldier without armor running across a battlefield getting shot up by fiery darts from the enemy.
- serpent: From that snake a poisonous snake will be born, a fiery serpent to destroy you!
- temper: A. I don't have a terribly fiery temper.
- temperament: His fiery temperament earned him the nickname of the ' Red Monk ' .
Modifying Another Word
- equally: The Prince later formed a relationship with the equally fiery Anna ' Whiplash ' Wallace, the daughter of a Scottish landowner.
- so: And is their ignorant zeal so fiery now When all [ their ] thanks are cold?
- very: He was high-spirited and had a very fiery temper, which led him at times to acts of cruelty.
- too: This ensures the stew isnât too fiery in flavor.
- rather: What I had difficulty about was finding many words in Bp Duncan's Texas rather fiery speech which could plausibly be attributed to RW.
- still: They are still fiery now, but from some other emotion.
Browse dictionary entries near fiery
- ‹ fiercely
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- ‹ fiend
- ‹ fieldwork
- ‹ fieldstrip
- ‹ fieldstone
- ‹ fieldsman
- ‹ Fields
- ‹ fieldpiece
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