fiery

fiery
1. a огненный

the fiery gulf of Etna — огнедышащий кратер Этны

fiery sun — огненное солнце

2. a пламенный, горячий

fiery eyes — горящие глаза; огненный взор

they hopped the crowd up with fiery speeches — пламенными речами они взбудоражили толпу

3. a воспалённый, горячечный

a fiery boil — дёргающий нарыв

4. a яркий, огненно-красный

fiery lips and fingernails — ярко накрашенные губы и ногти

fiery red — огненно-красный цвет

5. a горячий, вспыльчивый

fiery disposition — вспыльчивый характер

6. a воспламеняющийся, самовозгорающийся
7. a горн. газовый, содержащий гремучий газ

fiery coal — газовый уголь

fiery colliery — газовая угольная шахта

Синонимический ряд:
1. burning (adj.) ablaze; afire; aflame; alight; ardent; blazing; burning; conflagrant; dithyrambic; fervent; fervid; fierce; flaming; flaring; flickering; glowing; hot-blooded; ignited; impassioned; inflamed; lighted; overheated; passionate; perfervid; red-hot; torrid; unrestrained; white-hot
2. choleric (adj.) choleric; impetuous
3. feverish (adj.) febrile; fevered; feverish; flushed
4. flaming (adj.) ablaze; afire; aflame; alight; blazing; flaming; flaring; ignited
5. hot (adj.) baking; blistering; boiling; broiling; heated; hot; scalding; scorching; sizzling; sultry; sweltering; sweltry
6. hotheaded (adj.) excitable; hotheaded; hot-tempered; peppery
7. spirited (adj.) beany; gingery; high-hearted; high-spirited; mettlesome; spirited; spunky; vibrant
Антонимический ряд:
calm; chilled; commonplace; cool; dispassionate; dull; extinguished; flat; frigid; icy; indifferent; mild; moderate; monotonous; passionless; phlegmatic

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  • Fiery — Fi er*y (? or ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.] 1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. [1913 Webster] And fiery billows roll below. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 2. Vehement; ardent;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fiery — [fī′ər ē, fī′rē] adj. fierier, fieriest [ME firi] 1. containing or consisting of fire 2. like fire; glaring, hot, etc. 3. characterized by strong emotion; ardent; spirited [fiery words] 4. easily stirred up; excitable [a fiery nature] …   English World dictionary

  • fiery — index demonstrative (expressive of emotion), fervent, hot blooded, intense, vehement, zealous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fiery — late 13c., from M.E. fier fire (see FIRE (Cf. fire) (n.)) + Y (Cf. y) (2). The spelling is a relic of one of the attempts to render O.E. y in fyr in a changing system of vowel sounds. Related: Fieriness …   Etymology dictionary

  • fiery — *spirited, high spirited, peppery, gingery, mettlesome, spunky Analogous words: impetuous, *precipitate, headlong: passionate, perfervid, ardent, impassioned, fervid: vehement, intense, fierce, violent …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • fiery — [adj] passionate; on fire ablaze, afire, aflame, agitable, alight, blazing, burning, choleric, combustible, conflagrant, enthusiastic, excitable, febrile, fervid, fevered, feverish, fierce, flaming, flaring, flickering, flushed, glowing, heated,… …   New thesaurus

  • fiery — ► ADJECTIVE (fierier, fieriest) 1) resembling or consisting of fire. 2) quick tempered or passionate. DERIVATIVES fierily adverb fieriness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • fiery — [[t]fa͟ɪ͟əri[/t]] fieriest 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe something as fiery, you mean that it is burning strongly or contains fire. [LITERARY] A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo. Syn: flaming 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n… …   English dictionary

  • fiery — adjective (fierier; est) Etymology: Middle English, from fire, fier fire Date: 13th century 1. a. consisting of fire b. marked by fire < a fiery crash > c. using or carried out with fire d. liable to catch fire or explode ; …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fiery — fierily, adv. fieriness, n. /fuyeur ee, fuy euh ree/, adj., fierier, fieriest. 1. consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire: a volcano s fiery discharge. 2. intensely hot: fiery desert sands. 3. like or suggestive of fire …   Universalium

  • fiery — /ˈfaɪəri / (say fuyuhree) adjective (fierier, fieriest) 1. consisting of, attended with, characterised by, or containing fire: a fiery discharge. 2. intensely hot, as winds, desert sands, etc. 3. like or suggestive of fire: a fiery heat; a fiery… …  


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