fiery

[ fahyuhr-ee, fahy-uh-ree ]

/ ˈfaɪər i, ˈfaɪ ə ri /

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adjective, fier·i·er, fier·i·est.

consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire: a volcano's fiery discharge.

intensely hot: fiery desert sands.

like or suggestive of fire: a fiery red; angry, fiery eyes.

intensely ardent, impetuous, or passionate: fiery courage; a fiery speech.

easily angered or provoked: a fiery temper.

causing a burning sensation, as certain liquors or condiments.

inflamed, as a tumor or sore.

Mining: Older Use.

highly flammable.
containing highly flammable gas.

OTHER WORDS FOR fiery

3 flaming, flashing, glowing, burning.

4 fervent, vehement, spirited, impassioned.

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2-4 cool, cold.

4 dispassionate.

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Origin of fiery

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English fiery, fury, fery; see fire, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM fiery

fier·i·ly, adverbfier·i·ness, nounun·fier·y, adjective

Words nearby fiery

fier, fierce, fiercely, fieri facias, Fierstein, fiery, fiery cross, Fiesole, fiesta, fiesta de toros, fiesta taurina

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How to use fiery in a sentence

The fiery colors are mirrored in the waters of Eagle Lake, Long Pond, and Jordan Pond and are best experienced by kayak.
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It was spicy, but not in a fiery way, just enough to tickle my throat.
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Then, when the invasion was over and Congress resumed in the late evening, Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, took to the House floor and blamed antifa during a fiery speech.
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Whether it will continue into next year is going to be a fiery debate over the offseason.
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An F1 car bursting into flames is a much rarer event—Grosjean's fiery crash is the first for over 30 years, and the sight of flames strikes a kind of primal fear, bringing to mind drivers like Roger Williamson and Niki Lauda.
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There was Milan Hruška, a fiery miner from the North Bohemian coal mines.
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Next door, a strip mall popped and hissed as unknown accelerants aided in its fiery destruction.
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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.
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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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British Dictionary definitions for fiery

fiery

/ (ˈfaɪərɪ) /

adjective fierier or fieriest

of, containing, or composed of fire

resembling fire in heat, colour, ardour, etca fiery desert wind; a fiery speaker

easily angered or arouseda fiery temper

(of food) producing a burning sensationa fiery curry

(of the skin or a sore) inflamed

flammable or containing flammable gas

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

Derived forms of fiery

fierily, adverbfieriness, noun

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