adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 looking like fire; consisting of fire:
fiery red hair * The sun was now sinking, a fiery ball of light in the west.
2 quickly or easily becoming angry:
a fiery temper / character * a fiery young man
3 showing strong emotions, especially anger:
a fiery look * a fiery and heated meeting * He delivered the sermon with fiery passion.
4 (of food or drink) causing a part of your body to feel as if it is burning:
a fiery Mexican dish * The fiery liquor burnt its way down her throat.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for fiery is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does fiery appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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