FIERY


Meaning of FIERY in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a fiery/violent/explosive temper (= likely to get angry and violent very quickly )

Over the years, my sister has learned to control her fiery temper.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

red

Leafless by early November, the pencil-thin twigs are a uniform fiery red , rising as high as seven feet.

temper

He will have a fiery temper , a bad disciplinary record and a passionate spirit.

If you have red hair some employers might associate that with a fiery temper before they even meet you.

Desperate for players, Athletico were willing to take a chance with Proby and his fiery temper .

That passion that you know you share with me, and that fiery temper to match your glorious hair!

This particular day he had a young fireman called Tom Smith, a big strong lad with a fiery temper .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a fiery labor leader

Discard all the chilli seeds, unless you want an extremely fiery soup.

He has fiery red hair.

music with a fiery rhythm

Nansen is fiery and emotional.

Peter always makes really fiery chilli con carne.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

She was a pretty fiery , and shall we say, a somewhat lusty character.

The excitement seemed to spread all down her, in fiery threads, right down to her fingers and toes.

The target flare had burst behind her, lighting the whole area with its fiery red glow.

Those, in concert with fiery remains of the ships and tanks, consumed the airship in a sun-like conflagration.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.