FIERY


Meaning of FIERY in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: burning 1, ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, blaring, conflagrant, flaming, flaring, ignited

2.

Synonyms: hot 1, ardent, broiling, burning, heated, red-hot, scalding, scorching, sizzling, torrid

Antonyms: frigid, icy

3.

Synonyms: feverish 1, febrile, fevered

4.

Synonyms: spirited 2, beany, gingery, high-hearted, high-spirited, mettlesome, peppery, spunky

Related Word: headlong, hotheaded, impetuous, madcap, precipitate; fervid, impassioned, perfervid; fierce, intense, vehement, violent; enthusiastic, excitable, impulsive, unrestrained; irascible, irritable

Contrasted words: deliberate, leisurely, slow; apathetic, dull, impassive, lethargic, phlegmatic, sluggish; enervated, listless, spiritless

5.

Synonyms: impassioned , ardent, blazing, burning, fervent, flaming, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, white-hot

Antonyms: icy

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