SPICY


Meaning of SPICY in English

spic ‧ y /ˈspaɪsi/ BrE AmE adjective

1 . food that is spicy has a pleasantly strong taste, and gives you a pleasant burning feeling in your mouth SYN hot ⇨ spice :

a spicy tomato sauce

2 . a story or picture that is spicy is slightly shocking or rude because it tells about or shows something relating to sex

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THESAURUS

■ describing the taste of something

▪ delicious having a very good taste:

This cake is delicious!

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a delicious meal

▪ disgusting/revolting having a very bad taste:

The medicine tasted disgusting.

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They had to eat revolting things, like fish eyes.

▪ sweet tasting full of sugar:

The oranges were very sweet.

▪ tasty especially spoken tasting good and with plenty of flavour:

She cooked us a simple but tasty meal.

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That was really tasty!

▪ sour/tart having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does – used especially when this is rather unpleasant:

The apples were a little sour.

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The wine has rather a tart taste, which not everyone will like.

▪ tangy having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does, in a way that seems good:

The dressing was nice and tangy.

▪ bitter having a strong taste which is not sweet and is sometimes rather unpleasant – used for example about black coffee, or chocolate without sugar:

bitter chocolate

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The medicine had rather a bitter taste.

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Hops give beer its distinctive bitter taste.

▪ salty containing a lot of salt:

Danish salami has a salty flavour.

▪ hot/spicy having a burning taste because it contains strong spices:

I love hot curries.

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a spicy tomato sauce

▪ piquant /ˈpiːkənt/ formal a little spicy – used especially by people who write about food. This word can sound rather ↑ pretentious in everyday conversation:

cooked vegetables in a piquant sauce

▪ mild not having a strong or hot taste – usually used about foods that can sometimes be spicy:

a mild curry

▪ bland not having an interesting taste:

I found the sauce rather bland.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.