fiery

fier·y  (fr, f-r)

adj. fier·i·er, fier·i·est

1.

a. Consisting of or containing fire.

b. Burning or glowing.

c. Using or effected with fire.

d. Easily ignited; flammable.

2. Having the color of fire; brightly red: fiery hair; a fiery sunset.

3.

a. Torridly hot.

b. Feverishly hot and flushed: fiery cheeks.

c. Being in an inflamed, usually painful condition: a fiery boil.

4.

a. Easily excited or emotionally volatile; tempestuous: a fiery temper.

b. Charged with emotion; spirited: a fiery denunciation.

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[Middle English firi, from fir, fire; see fire.]

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fieri·ly adv.

fieri·ness n.

fiery adv.

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fiery [ˈfaɪərɪ]

adj fierier, fieriest

1. of, containing, or composed of fire

2. resembling fire in heat, colour, ardour, etc. a fiery desert wind a fiery speaker

3. easily angered or aroused a fiery temper

4. (of food) producing a burning sensation a fiery curry

5. (Medicine / Pathology) (of the skin or a sore) inflamed

6. (Physics / General Physics) flammable or containing flammable gas

7. (Team Sports / Cricket) (of a cricket pitch) making the ball bounce dangerously high

fierily  adv

fieriness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fiery - 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" ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, perfervid, torrid passionate - having or expressing strong emotions
	2.	fiery - like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere" igneous hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
	3.	fiery - very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions" flaming hot - extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"

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fiery

adjective

1. burning, flaming, glowing, blazing, on fire, red-hot, ablaze, in flames, aflame, afire People set up fiery barricades.

2. bright, brilliant, intense, vivid, vibrant fiery autumn foliage

3. spicy, hot, pungent, piquant A fiery combination of chillies and rice.

4. excitable, violent, fierce, passionate, irritable, impetuous, irascible, peppery, hot-headed, choleric a red-head's fiery temper

Translations

fiery [ˈfaɪərɪ] ADJ (fierier (compar) (fieriest (superl)))

1. [heat, sun] → abrasador

2. (fig) [sky, sunset, red] → encendido; [taste] → picante; [temperament, speech] → acalorado; [horse] → fogoso; [liquor] → fuerte

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fiery [ˈfaɪəri] adj

(= flaming) → incandescent(e)

[colour] → rougeoyant(e)

[person] → fougueux/euse; [temper] → explosif/ive

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fiery

adj (+er)

(= burning) inferno, furnace, heat → glühend

colour, orange → leuchtend; sunset → rot glühend; hair → feuerrot; fiery red → feuerrot

(Cook: = spicy) food, drink → feurig

(= passionate) temperament, character → hitzig; person → hitzköpfig; speech, performance → feurig; a fiery redhead → ein hitziger Rotschopf; to have a fiery temper → ein Hitzkopf m → sein

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fiery [ˈfaɪərɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (gen) → infocato/a, ardente; (red) → di fuoco; (temperament, person) → focoso/a; (liquor) → che brucia la gola

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fiery [ˈfaɪərɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (gen) → infocato/a, ardente; (red) → di fuoco; (temperament, person) → focoso/a; (liquor) → che brucia la gola

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fiery

adj fiery [ˈfaiəri]

1 like fire a fiery light. vlammende ناري، مُلْتَهِب كَالنَّار пламтящ ohnivý blussende feurig φλογερός ardiente, llameante leekiv آتش مانند liekehtivä rougeoyant לוֹהֵט अग्निमय vatren, plamen tüzes seperti api eldlegur, glóandi ardente 火の 불 같은, 이글거리는 liepsningas, liepsnojantis ugunīgs; kvēlojošs; degošs berapi vurig brennende, flammende, ildrød ognisty flamejante incandescent огненный ohnivý plameneč vatren glödande, eldröd ซึ่งลุกเป็นไฟ ateş gibi, kızgın 火一般的 вогненний; гарячий آگ کی طرح bốc lửa; bừng cháy 火一般的

2 angry a fiery temper. opvlieënde غاضِب، حاد الطَّبْع раздразнителен prudký heftig hitzig βίαιος, οργισμένος violento; colérico keevaline تند خو kiivas violent מִתלַהֵם जोशीला vatren, žarki, nagao heves pemarah ofsafenginn, bráður focoso 激しい 성급한 ūmus, staigus viegli saniknojams; ātrsirdīgs berapi-api fel fyrig, oppfarende, heftig porywczy fogoso pătimaş вспыльчивый prudký vročekrven gnevan hetsig ที่โกรธรุนแรง çabuk parlayan/öfkelenen 暴躁的 запальний, гарячий غصے میں nóng nảy 暴躁的