adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. 1. Consisting of or containing fire.
   2. Burning or glowing.
   3. Using or effected with fire.
   4. Easily ignited; flammable.
2. Having the color of fire; brightly red: fiery hair; a fiery sunset.
3. 1. Torridly hot.
   2. Feverishly hot and flushed: fiery cheeks.
   3. Being in an inflamed, usually painful condition: a fiery boil.
4. 1. Easily excited or emotionally volatile; tempestuous: a fiery temper.
   2. Charged with emotion; spirited: a fiery denunciation.

[Middle English firi, from fir, fire. See fire.]

fierily fier'i·ly adv.
fieriness fier'i·ness n.
fiery fier'y adv.

adjective

1. On fire: ablaze, afire, aflame, alight², burning, conflagrant, flaming. Idioms: in a blaze, in flames. See hot/cold/lukewarm.
2. Marked by much heat: ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, heated, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid. See hot/cold/lukewarm.
3. Full of or characterized by a lively, emphatic, eager quality: high-spirited, mettlesome, peppery, spirited, vibrant. Informal snappy. See action/inaction, feelings.
4. Fired with intense feeling: ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid. See feelings.

adj

Definition: passionate; on fire
Antonyms: cold, cool, dispassionate, dull, flat, impassive, indifferent, passionless, subdued

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IN BRIEF: Flaming. Also: full of strong feeling.

To these crocodile tears they will add sobs, fiery sighs, and sorrowful countenance. — Robert Burton (1577-1640).

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - brændende, lidenskabelig, brandfarlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
vurig, brandend, ontvlambaar, ontstoken, onstuimig, te hoog geslagen (bal in cricket)

Français (French)
adj. - brûlant, enflammé, ardent, rougeoyant, passionné, explosif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - feurig, glühend, hitzig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πυριφλεγής, φλογερός, διάπυρος, φλεγόμενος, ορμητικός

Italiano (Italian)
ardente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ardente

Русский (Russian)
огненный, пламенный, горячий, вспыльчивый, горящий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - llameante, ardiente, fogoso, apasionado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - brännande, eldig, explosiv

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
炽热的, 暴躁的, 热烈的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 熾熱的, 暴躁的, 熱烈的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불의, 화염의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 火の, 火のような, 激しい, 熱烈な, 気の荒い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ناري , قابل للإلتهاب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לוהט, מתלקח, כמו אש‬

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