peppery
Origin of peppery
Synonyms for peppery
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piquant, spicy, pungent, zesty, fiery, hot, poignant, racy, snappy, zestful, acute, angry, astringent, biting, caustic, choleric, cranky, cross, hot-tempered, incisiveExamples from the Web for peppery
Contemporary Examples of peppery
Besides a trove of data showing that the rich really are getting much richer, the book is full of peppery Gallic asides.
He ignored, too, his chairman of the Federal Reserve, Marriner Eccles, a small, peppery Mormon banker from Utah.
Belgian ale like Chimay is rich with fruity and peppery notes and sometimes has a bitter aftertaste.
Historical Examples of peppery
The goldsmith was a rude, peppery fellow, who did not mince his words.
Mistress WildingRafael Sabatini
He was a small, stout man with a red face and a peppery manner.
The Return of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
She was a peppery little person, and her temper was up for the moment.
The Jolliest School of AllAngela Brazil
Did he prefer to be on good terms with his peppery neighbor?
Little Brothers of the AirOlive Thorne Miller
It was invisible, but Fitz flushed and felt, after his fashion, peppery.
Fitz the FilibusterGeorge Manville Fenn
peppery
- flavoured with or tasting of pepper
- quick-tempered; irritable
- full of bite and sharpnessa peppery speech