fiery
- adjective
- /ˈfaɪəri/
- The speaker delivered a fiery speech that inspired everyone in the audience.
- a fiery speech
- fiery rhetoric
- fiery orator
It's about finding some kind of a fiery cause.
- It's about finding some kind of a fiery cause.
- Clippy makes a fiery return to the Microsoft suite.
- Today's guest is a fiery little Sunbeam.
- It is this is this is the fiery debate right now.
- OK, A fiery young rapper on their way to fame.
- And if I could describe our relationship, it's fiery.
- Please join me in welcoming to the stage the fiery, the sweet, the incomparable Jessica Chastain.
- Her post on X was very fiery.
- And he's sitting in von Traitschke's class and Traitschke the fiery, you know, German intellectual.
- And what happened next was insane and fiery.
Examples
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Christian is overt, passionate, fiery.
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We hate them with a fiery passion.
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When I looked up at Rita, I saw the same fiery red on her face.
Fiction book (1993) -
Red is a fiery color, used for love, passion and courage.
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And Jackson, well, he was a fiery man who happened to strongly oppose this central, private banking system and paper money overall.
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Her eyes lifted to his as she felt his fiery gaze upon her body.
Academic text (1995) -
Over the years, Justice Breyer has been known for his fiery dissents.
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Today's guest is a fiery little Sunbeam.
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His re-election triggered some of the largest and most fiery antigovernment demonstrations in thirty years.
Academic text (2004) -
Please join me in welcoming to the stage the fiery, the sweet, the incomparable Jessica Chastain.
Synonyms
Having very strong feelings about something
Showing great power, anger or passion
Full of strong activity and excitement
Feeling very strong excitement or love for something
Being full of strong feelings that show in words or actions
Showing very strong and true feelings, often for a person or cause
Very violent and dangerous, like a storm or strong wind
Showing very strong feeling that is hard to ignore
Full of strong romantic or sexual feeling
Burning with fire or full of strong feeling such as desire
Easily feeling strong anger or excitement
Quick to become angry and act without thinking
Quick to become angry
Full of strong feeling or interest
Being very strong and excited about something
To become angry quickly and easily
Very strong and intense, often violent and out of control
Showing very strong and passionate feeling
Showing very strong feeling, often suddenly
A discussion full of strong feelings and anger
Showing strong feeling like a bright fire
Like fire, very bright or full of strong feeling
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Compounds
How Passionate
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Etymology
The word fiery comes from fire ('heat and flame') plus the ending -y ('full of'), so a fiery person is like someone with 'fire' in their feelings — very passionate or quick to anger.