peppery

pep·per·y  (pp-r)

adj.

1. Of, containing, or resembling pepper; sharp or pungent in flavor.

2. Vigorously sharp-tempered: a peppery sales clerk.

3. Sharp and stinging in style or content; vivid or fiery: peppery criticism.

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pepper·i·ness n.

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peppery [ˈpɛpərɪ]

adj

1. (Cookery) flavoured with or tasting of pepper

2. quick-tempered; irritable

3. full of bite and sharpness a peppery speech

pepperiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

peppery - having the piquant burning taste of peppers; "corn chips with peppery salsa" tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"

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peppery

adjective hot, fiery, spicy, pungent, highly seasoned, piquant A crisp green salad with a few peppery radishes.
hot mild, bland, tasteless, insipid, vapid

Translations

peppery [ˈpepərɪ] ADJ (= hot, sharp) → picante; (= tasting of pepper) → con sabor a pimienta (fig) (= short-tempered) → enojadizo
peppery taste → sabor m a pimienta; (hot, sharp) → sabor m picante

peppery [ˈpɛpəri] adj [herb, flavour] → poivré(e)
pep pill n → excitant m
pep rally n (US) réunion des élèves (ou des étudiants) avant un match interscolaire, pour encourager leur équipe
pep talk pep-talk n → paroles fpl d'encouragement
to give a pep talk to sb → parler à qn pour l'encourager

peppery

adj → gepfeffert; (fig) old man etc → hitzig, hitzköpfig; it tastes rather peppery → es schmeckt stark nach Pfeffer

peppery [ˈpɛpərɪ] adj → pepato/a (fig) → irascibile