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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FI'ERY, a. [from fire.]
1. Consisting of fire; as the fiery gulf of Etna.
And fiery billows roll below.
2. Hot like fire; as a fiery heart.
3. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous; as a fiery spirit.
4. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
You know the fiery quality of the duke.
5. Unrestrained; fierce; as a fiery steed.
6. Heated by fire.
The sword which is made fiery.
7. Like fire; bright; glaring; as a fiery appearance.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid]
2: like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: fiery, igneous]
3: very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions" [syn: fiery, flaming]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (fierier; -est) Etymology: Middle English, from fire, fier fire Date: 13th century 1. a. consisting of fire b. marked by fire <a fiery crash> c. using or carried out with fire d. liable to catch fire or explode ; flammable <a fiery vapor> 2. a. hot like a fire b. (1) being in an inflamed state or condition <a fiery boil> (2) feverish and flushed <a fiery forehead> 3. of the color of fire ; red <a fiery sunset> 4. a. full of or exuding emotion or spirit <a fiery sermon> b. easily provoked ; irritable <a fiery temper> • fierily adverb • fieriness noun • fiery adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (fierier, fieriest) 1 a consisting of or flaming with fire. b (of an arrow etc.) fire-bearing. 2 like fire in appearance, bright red. 3 a hot as fire. b acting like fire; producing a burning sensation. 4 a flashing, ardent (fiery eyes). b eager, pugnacious, spirited, irritable (fiery temper). c (of a horse) mettlesome. 5 (of gas, a mine, etc.) inflammable; liable to explosions. 6 Cricket (of a pitch) making the ball rise dangerously. Phrases and idioms: fiery cross a wooden cross charred or set on fire as a symbol. Derivatives: fierily adv. fieriness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fiery Fi"er*y (? or ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.] 1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. And fiery billows roll below. --I. Watts. 2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous. Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails? --Shak. The fiery spirit of his forefathers. --W. Irwing. 3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable. You know the fiery quality of the duke. --Shak. 4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited. One curbed the fiery steed. --Dryden. 5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. --Pope. The sword which is made fiery. --Hooker. Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms. --Sir W. Scott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fieriest) 1. If you describe something as fiery, you mean that it is burning strongly or contains fire. (LITERARY) A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. You can use fiery for emphasis when you are referring to bright colours such as red or orange. (LITERARY) A large terracotta pot planted with Busy Lizzie provides a fiery bright red display. ADJ: usu ADJ n [emphasis] 3. If you describe food or drink as fiery, you mean that it has a very strong hot or spicy taste. (WRITTEN) A fiery combination of chicken, chillies and rice. ADJ: usu ADJ n 4. If you describe someone as fiery, you mean that they express very strong emotions, especially anger, in their behaviour or speech. (WRITTEN) ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Igneous, of fire. 2. Hot, heated, fervid, fervent, glowing, flaming. 3. Ardent, impetuous, vehement, fierce, passionate, impassioned, fervent, fervid, glowing, flaming.

Moby Thesaurus

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