fiery

[ fahyuhr-ee, fahy-uh-ree ]

adjective

, fier·i·er, fier·i·est.

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

   a volcano's fiery discharge.

2. intensely hot:

   fiery desert sands.

   Antonyms: cool, cold

3. like or suggestive of fire:

   a fiery red; angry, fiery eyes.

   Synonyms: burning, glowing, flaming

   Antonyms: cold, cool

4. intensely ardent, impetuous, or passionate:

   fiery courage; a fiery speech.

   Synonyms: impassioned, spirited, vehement, fervent

   Antonyms: dispassionate, cold, cool

5. easily angered or provoked:

   a fiery temper.

6. causing a burning sensation, as certain liquors or condiments.
7. inflamed, as a tumor or sore.
8. Mining: Older Use.
   1. highly flammable.
   2. containing highly flammable gas.

fiery

/ ˈfaɪərɪ /

adjective

1. of, containing, or composed of fire
2. resembling fire in heat, colour, ardour, etc

   a fiery speaker

   a fiery desert wind

3. easily angered or aroused

   a fiery temper

4. (of food) producing a burning sensation

   a fiery curry

5. (of the skin or a sore) inflamed
6. flammable or containing flammable gas
7. (of a cricket pitch) making the ball bounce dangerously high

Derived Forms

• ˈfieriness, noun
• ˈfierily, adverb

Other Words From

• fieri·ly adverb
• fieri·ness noun
• un·fiery adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiery¹

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English fiery, fury, fery; fire, -y ¹

Example Sentences

There was Milan Hruška, a fiery miner from the North Bohemian coal mines.

From The Daily Beast

Next door, a strip mall popped and hissed as unknown accelerants aided in its fiery destruction.

From The Daily Beast

Shortly after leaving Stanleyville, Richard Holm and a Cuban pilot went down in a fiery plane crash.

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The fiery first-term conservative won narrowly over Democrat Mike Michaud Tuesday night.

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The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

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To this, it is greatly to be feared, the fiery Southerns will not submit without an armed struggle.

From Project Gutenberg

The shells came from Asia and Achi Baba:—in a fiery shower, they fell upon the lines of our front trenches.

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There was too much of the old law with its thunders, too much of fiery Elijah, surviving in John.

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There was no dog with her, and in the bustle that followed, I forgot to seek further for the solution of those two fiery lights.

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It was then that for a moment I caught sight of a pair of glowing, fiery eyes shining through the darkness.

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Related Words

• blazing
• burning
• combustible
• excitable
• fierce
• flaming
• glowing
• heated
• hot
• impassioned
• intense
• red-hot
• spirited
• vehement
• violent