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peppery

peppery

5 3.9
Having a strong spicy taste or smell like black pepper
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɛpəri/
translation icon : picante
  • On the palate, it's light- to medium-bodied, dry yet juicy, with touches of peppery spice.
  • peppery flavor
  • peppery sauce
  • peppery taste

And it's really, really peppery and cheesy.

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Examples

  • So today we're making a peppery steak with an aggra Dolce sauce.

  • Chantal led the way out into a cloud of peppery red dust, where cars, drivers, cattle, and urchins wandered.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • It's perfect, not hot and peppery as it can get later in the season.

  • Four days later, the stuff is so hot and peppery... let's just say a little goes a long way!

    Blog text (17)
  • And it's really, really peppery and cheesy.

  • Cuban tobacco has a peppery flavor that no one else can produce.

    Blog text (9)
  • So Pak Choy is very similar to many other mustards and it's got a peppery taste.

  • Their flavors can be citrusy, mustardy, or peppery, sweet or bitter, mild or sharp.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It was so delicious, so smoky, so peppery, so velvety, so salty.

  • The salad was topped with peppery arugula that added a spicy kick.

Synonyms

hot
vspeppery
448 1.0

Having a strong, burning taste from spices like chili

is about sharp aroma and flavour coming from a common kitchen spice
spicy
vspeppery
141 1.0

Food that has a very hot taste and makes your mouth burn

is more about sharp aromatic heat from a common kitchen spice
pungent
vspeppery
18 4.8

Having a strong, sharp smell or taste that can be unpleasant

is similarly strong but points to spicy warmth from a common kitchen spice
zesty
vspeppery
4 4.2

A bright, slightly spicy taste

is stronger and more pungent, coming from a common kitchen spice rather than mild tang

Antonyms

23 2.0

Food that has a very weak taste and little or no strong flavor

11 2.6

Having little or no flavor when you eat it

Compounds

A strong spicy taste like black pepper that feels sharp in the mouth

A mix of spices with black pepper used to season meat before cooking

How Peppery

pungent
18 4.8
peppery
5 3.9
spicy
141 1.0

Surface Forms

peppery positive
pepperier comparative
pepperiest superlative

Morphology

peppery = pepper (transparent) = pepper + y

Standard adjective formation: 'pepper' + '-y' yields 'having the qualities of pepper', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Peppery comes from the spice pepper, which gives a sharp, spicy 'kick' or 'bite' to food. So, if something is peppery, it has a strong, spicy taste or smell like black pepper.