fiery
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈfaɪəri/
- The speaker delivered a fiery speech that inspired everyone in the audience.
- a fiery speech
- fiery rhetoric
- fiery orator
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- Her post on X was very fiery.
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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
580
1.6
Full of strong activity and excitement
359
2.8
Having very strong feelings about something
260
3.0
Showing great power, anger or passion
106
4.2
A discussion full of strong feelings and anger
82
3.9
Very strong and intense, often violent and out of control
39
5.1
Very violent and dangerous, like a storm or strong wind
35
6.3
Feeling very strong excitement or love for something
28
5.8
Being full of strong feelings that show in words or actions
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6.1
Showing very strong and true feelings, often for a person or cause
12
6.0
Burning with fire or full of strong feeling such as desire
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7.7
Showing very strong feeling that is hard to ignore
10
5.1
Quick to become angry
10
8.2
Full of strong romantic or sexual feeling
9
5.6
Easily feeling strong anger or excitement
7
6.2
Quick to become angry and act without thinking
6
4.0
Full of strong feeling or interest
5
4.8
Showing very strong feeling, often suddenly
2
8.4
Being very strong and excited about something
2
6.0
To become angry quickly and easily
1
9.6
Like fire, very bright or full of strong feeling
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9.9
Showing very strong and passionate feeling
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4.0
Showing strong feeling like a bright fire
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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.