/ˈfaɪəɹi/, /ˈfaɪɹi/
OriginFrom Middle English fyry, from fyr (“fire”), equivalent to fire + -y.
- Of or relating to fire.
- Burning or glowing.
“Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematica”
- Inflammable or easily ignited.
- Having the colour of fire.
- Hot or inflamed.
“The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.”
“A couple of vegetables, sambar (spicy and sour lentils and vegetables boiled with masalas and spices), rasam (a hot and fiery lentil soup-like dish) and curds (yoghurt) served with heaps of rice and e”
- Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.
- Spirited or filled with emotion.
“A fiery streak penetrates your skull, trying to force your eyes open. It's a sound. A clarion call from hell.”
- Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.
Formsmore fiery(comparative) · fierier(comparative) · most fiery(superlative) · fieriest(superlative)