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fiery display

fiery display

5.3
A bright, strong show of color or feeling
  • noun
translation icon : espectáculo ígneo
  • The parade ended with a fiery display of fireworks that lit up the night sky.

Examples

  • The artist’s new painting is a fiery display of color and emotion that stands out in the gallery.

  • Her speech was a fiery display of passion and conviction, captivating the entire audience.

  • What a fiery display of colors in the sky!

  • The festival featured a spectacular fiery display!

  • The parade ended with a fiery display of fireworks that lit up the night sky.

  • The artist’s new painting is a fiery display of color and emotion that stands out in the gallery.

  • Her speech was a fiery display of passion and conviction, captivating the entire audience.

Synonyms

pyrotechnics
vsfiery display
3 8.2

Showy, brilliant skill in a musical or artistic performance that amazes people

is about vivid, flame-suggesting visual effects rather than figurative brilliance
pyrotechny display
vsfiery display
7.5

A show of fireworks that lights up the sky

is vivid and firelike without needing an actual fireworks performance

Antonyms

1 2.2

A surface that is not bright or shiny

A soft, less bright quality in light or sound

How Vivid

fiery display
5.3
spectacle
68 4.2
subtle
276 6.0

Surface Forms

fiery display singular

Morphology

fiery + display

This is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'fiery' (flame-like, intense) directly modifies 'display' (an exhibition), so the sense of a vivid, intense exhibition is transparently derivable from the parts. The composition follows a common, literal descriptive pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words is likely to understand the phrase.

Etymology

Fiery display comes from the picture of a show with real flames or bright fireworks: fiery means 'like fire' and display means 'show'. So, a fiery display is used for something very bright, intense, or full of passion.