Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid(adj)

   characterized by intense emotion

   "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

2. fiery, igneous(adj)

   like or suggestive of fire

   "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere"

3. fiery, flaming(adj)

   very intense

   "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. fiery(Adjective)

   Of, or relating to fire

2. fiery(Adjective)

   Burning or glowing

3. fiery(Adjective)

   Inflammable or easily ignited

4. fiery(Adjective)

   Having the colour of fire

5. fiery(Adjective)

   Hot or inflamed

6. fiery(Adjective)

   Tempestuous or emotionally volatile

   a fiery temper

7. fiery(Adjective)

   Spirited or filled with emotion

Origin: firi, from fir.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fiery(adj)

   consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance

2. Fiery(adj)

   vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous

3. Fiery(adj)

   passionate; easily provoked; irritable

4. Fiery(adj)

   unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited

5. Fiery(adj)

   heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish

Origin: [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fiery

   fīr′i, or fī′ėr-i, adj. ardent: impetuous: irritable.—adv. Fier′ily.—ns. Fier′iness; Fier′y-cross (see Cross).—adjs. Fier′y-foot′ed, swift in motion; Fier′y-hot, impetuous; Fier′y-new, hot from newness; Fier′y-short, short and passionate.

Anagrams for fiery »

1. firey

2. reify

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fiery in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fiery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. New York:

   Ted Cruz scares young girl with fiery N.H. speech, ted Cruz’s new campaign strategy: Scare tiny children.

2. Melanie Hexen:

   It is a fiery whirlwind that soars across the sky. Let it engulf Brock Allen Turner. (Dan A. Turner) (Judge Aaron Persky).

3. Marquis de Sade:

   It has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates. Beauty is a simple thing ugliness is the exceptional thing. And fiery imaginations, no doubt, always prefer the extraordinary thing to the simple thing.

4. Wang Yi:

   I think China's SSMs - surface-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles on Woody Island ... Its new radars on Cuarteron Reef ... The 10,000-foot runway on Subi Reef ... and on Fiery Cross Reef and other places; these are actions that are changing in my opinion the operational landscape in the South China Sea.

5. Ian Storey:

   Fiery Cross is sensitive because it is presumed to be the future hub of Chinese military operations in the South China Sea, given its already extensive infrastructure, including its large and deep port and 3000-metre runway, the timing is interesting, too. It is a show of U.S. determination ahead of President Obama's trip to Vietnam later this month.

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