Fiery

/ˈfaɪəɹi/ · adjective

Meaning

Of or relating to fire..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of or relating to fire.
2. Burning or glowing.
3. Inflammable or easily ignited.
4. Having the colour of fire.
5. Hot or inflamed.
6. Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.
7. Spirited or filled with emotion.
8. (butchery) Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.

Example Sentences

Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.

The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.

A couple of vegetables, sambar (spicy and sour lentils and vegetables boiled with masalas and spices), rasam (a hot and fiery lentil soup-like dish) and curds (yoghurt) served with heaps of rice and eaten in that order. A non-vegetarian version of the “meals” can be found in “Military” hotels.

a fiery temper

A fiery streak penetrates your skull, trying to force your eyes open. It's a sound. A clarion call from hell.

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Word Forms

• more fiery
• fierier
• most fiery
• fieriest

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