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fier·y

(fīr′ē, fī′ə-rē)

adj. fier·i·er, fier·i·est

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.

a. Torridly hot.

b. Feverishly hot and flushed: fiery cheeks.

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

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

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

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

fier′i·ly adv.

fier′i·ness n.

fier′y adv.

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fiery

(ˈfaɪərɪ)

adj, fierier or 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. (Pathology) (of the skin or a sore) inflamed

6. (General Physics) flammable or containing flammable gas

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

ˈfierily adv

ˈfieriness n

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fier•y

(ˈfaɪ^ər i, ˈfaɪ ə ri)

adj. fier•i•er, fier•i•est.

1. consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire.

2. intensely hot.

3. like or suggestive of fire: a fiery red.

4. intensely ardent: a fiery speech.

5. easily angered or provoked.

6. causing a burning sensation, as certain liquors or condiments.

7. inflamed, as a tumor or sore.

[1225–75]

fier′i•ly, adv.

fier′i•ness, n.

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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"

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

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

fiery

adjective

1. On fire:

ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, burning, conflagrant, flaming.

Idioms: in a blaze, in flames.

2. Marked by much heat:

ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, heated, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid.

3. Full of or characterized by a lively, emphatic, eager quality:

high-spirited, mettlesome, peppery, spirited, vibrant.

Informal: snappy.

4. Fired with intense feeling:

ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid.

Translations

غاضِب، حاد الطَّبْعناري، مُلْتَهِب كَالنَّار

ohnivýprudkývznětlivý

blussendeheftig

feurig hitzig

ardiente colérico llameante violento

enflammé rougeoyant violent

tüzes

eldlegur, glóandiofsafenginn, bráîur

ardente infuocato

liepsningasugningas

ātrsirdīgsdegošskvēlojošsugunīgsviegli saniknojams

fyrig ildrød

огненный

ohnivý

ateş gibiçabuk parlayan/öfkelenenkızgın

暴躁的火一般的

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fiery

[ˈfaɪəri] adj

(= flaming) → incandescent(e)

[colour] → rougeoyant(e)

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fiery

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

fiery

(ˈfaiəri) adjective

1. like fire. a fiery light.

2. angry. a fiery temper.

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