Thesaurus: spicy

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1. superl. Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.
2. superl. Producing, or abounding with, spices.
3. superl. Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.
4. adj. producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
5. adj. suggestive of sexual impropriety
6. 1. Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes. "The spicy nut-brown ale." Milton. Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales. Pope. 2. Producing, or abounding with, spices. In hot Ceylon spicy forests grew. Dryden. 3. Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate. Syn. -- Aromatic; fragrant; smart; pungent; pointed; keen. See Racy.
7. j:100 s having an agreeably pungent taste s producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves s suggestive of sexual impropriety