Dictionary

fiery en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfaɪɹi/
• /ˈfaɪəɹi/
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Etymology

From Middle English fyry, from fyr (“fire”), equivalent to fire + -y.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to fire.
2. Burning or glowing.
   • Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
3. Inflammable or easily ignited.
4. Having the colour of fire.
5. Hot or inflamed.
   • A couple of vegetables, sambar (spicy and sour lentils and vegetables boiled with masalas and spices), rasam (a hot and fiery lentil soup-like dish) and curds (yoghurt) served with heaps of rice and eaten in that order. A non-vegetarian version of the “meals” can be found in “Military” hotels. 2017 July 12, Sanjiv Khamgaonkar, “40 Mumbai foods we can’t live without”, in CNN:
   • The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air. 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:
6. Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.
   • a fiery temper
7. Spirited or filled with emotion.
   • A fiery streak penetrates your skull, trying to force your eyes open. It's a sound. A clarion call from hell. 2019 October 15, ZA/UM, Robert Kurvitz, quoting Limbic System, Disco Elysium, →OCLC:
8. (qualifier:butchery) Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.

Forms

Deriveds

fierily · fiery cross · unfiery · fieriness · fiery serpent · fiery minivet · fiery searcher · fiery-tailed awlbill · fiery azalea · fiery skipper · fiery-tongued · fiery skimmer

Translations (153)

enm fyry (of, or relating to fire) · sh ognjen (of, or relating to fire) · uk вогньови́й (of, or relating to fire) · da brændende (burning or glowing) · bg пла́менен (spirited or filled with emotion) · nn fyrig (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · da ild- (of, or relating to fire) · ru бу́йный (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · ro pătimaș (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · gl inflamábel (inflammable or easily ignited) · cs bouřlivý (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · ru горя́щий (burning or glowing) · cs ohnivý (having the colour of fire) · enm fyry (having the colour of fire) · pt ígneo (having the colour of fire) · sh огњен (of, or relating to fire) · enm fyry (hot or inflamed) · cmn 火的 (of, or relating to fire) · grc πύρινος (burning or glowing) · izh tulekas (of, or relating to fire) · da heftig (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · pl ognisty (having the colour of fire) · bg запали́м (inflammable or easily ignited) · ru горя́чий (hot or inflamed) · uk вогне́вий (of, or relating to fire) · nb flammende (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · es ignito (of, or relating to fire) · fr ardent (of, or relating to fire) · ru о́гненный (having the colour of fire) · ru пла́менный (spirited or filled with emotion) · fr enflammé (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · de feurig (of, or relating to fire) · es ardiente (of, or relating to fire) · bg пла́мнал (hot or inflamed) · la ignifer (burning or glowing) · bg огненочерве́н (having the colour of fire) · la ignifer (of, or relating to fire) · nb fyrig (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · fi tulinen (of, or relating to fire) · bg стра́стен (spirited or filled with emotion) · es ignífero (of, or relating to fire) · nb fyrig (spirited or filled with emotion) · ro focos (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · cs hořící (burning or glowing) · gl ardente (burning or glowing) · bg о́гнен (burning or glowing) · ka ცეცხლოვანი (of, or relating to fire) · nn fyrig (spirited or filled with emotion) · fi tulinen (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · bg о́гнен (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · mi taratutū (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · mi kakā (hot or inflamed) · it focoso (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · fi tulinen (having the colour of fire) · pt ígneo (of, or relating to fire) · got 𐍆𐌿𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (burning or glowing) · ota قیزغین (burning or glowing) · cs hořlavý (inflammable or easily ignited) · da brændende (spirited or filled with emotion) · tr ateşli (of, or relating to fire) · bg о́гнен (of, or relating to fire) · da ilter (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · ro aprins (burning or glowing) · sv eldig (of, or relating to fire) · sv eldfärgad (having the colour of fire) · grc πυρώδης (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · pt inflamável (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · pl ogniowy (of, or relating to fire) · it bruciante (burning or glowing) · be агні́сты (of, or relating to fire) · gl ardente (spirited or filled with emotion) · mk огнен (of, or relating to fire) · ga faghartha (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · hu tüzes (of, or relating to fire) · fi tulenarka (inflammable or easily ignited) · it infocato (having the colour of fire) · ar نَارِيّ (of, or relating to fire) · ru о́гненный (of, or relating to fire) · ga mear (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · fi tulinen (hot or inflamed) · enm fyry (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · ro înflăcărat (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · da flammende (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · it incandescente (burning or glowing) · cs vznětlivý (inflammable or easily ignited) · la igneus (of, or relating to fire) · gl ardente (hot or inflamed) · ota سوزان (burning or glowing) · ru стра́стный (spirited or filled with emotion) · la igneus (burning or glowing) · ro incandescent (burning or glowing) · cs vznětlivý (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · bg горя́щ (burning or glowing) · fr flamboyant (having the colour of fire) · uk вогне́нний (of, or relating to fire) · nn brannraud (having the colour of fire) · bg горе́щ (hot or inflamed) · ang fȳren (burning or glowing) · bg о́гнен (having the colour of fire) · sv brandröd (having the colour of fire) · fr brulant (burning or glowing) · cs ohnivý (spirited or filled with emotion) · pt ardente (burning or glowing) · uk вогни́стий (of, or relating to fire) · nb brannrød (having the colour of fire) · ru пла́менный (hot or inflamed) · alt отту (of, or relating to fire) · it ardente (of, or relating to fire) · da fyrig (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · fi palava (spirited or filled with emotion) · enm fyry (spirited or filled with emotion) · sl ognjen (of, or relating to fire) · grc πυρώδης (hot or inflamed) · cs žhnoucí (burning or glowing) · es pírico (of, or relating to fire) · lt ugningas (of, or relating to fire) · be во́гненны (of, or relating to fire) · eo fajra (of, or relating to fire) · gl ígneo (of, or relating to fire) · fi tulinen (burning or glowing) · ru жгу́чий (burning or glowing) · la ignifer (inflammable or easily ignited) · la igneus (hot or inflamed) · lt ugningas (spirited or filled with emotion) · nb ildfull (spirited or filled with emotion) · atv оттыг (of, or relating to fire) · da lidenskabelig (spirited or filled with emotion) · bg о́гнен (hot or inflamed) · enm fyry (burning or glowing) · ru воспламеня́ющийся (inflammable or easily ignited) · ro ardent (burning or glowing) · sv eldig (spirited or filled with emotion) · be агнявы́ (of, or relating to fire) · nl vurig (of, or relating to fire) · cs ohnivý (of, or relating to fire) · bg бу́ен (tempestuous or emotionally volatile) · cs žhavý (hot or inflamed) · ro focos (of, or relating to fire) · es ígneo (of, or relating to fire) · gl ígneo (having the colour of fire) · sk ohnivý (of, or relating to fire) · grc πύρινος (of, or relating to fire) · de Feuer- (of, or relating to fire) · bg о́гнен (spirited or filled with emotion) · da hed (hot or inflamed) · it infiammabile (inflammable or easily ignited) · pl ognisty (of, or relating to fire) · he אֵשִׁי (of, or relating to fire) · es vulcanio (of, or relating to fire) · ru огнево́й (of, or relating to fire) · bg пламтя́щ (burning or glowing) · pt inflamável (inflammable or easily ignited) · mi pūkākā (tempestuous or emotionally volatile)