Thesaurus: fiery

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1. a. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
2. a. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
3. a. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
4. a. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
5. a. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.
6. adj. characterized by intense emotion
7. adj. like or suggestive of fire
8. adj. passionate or quick-tempered
9. 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 kniw 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.
10. j:100 s. like or suggestive of fire s. very intense