peppery

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(pĕp'ə-rē) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, containing, or resembling pepper; sharp or pungent in flavor.
  2. Vigorously sharp-tempered: a peppery sales clerk.
  3. Sharp and stinging in style or content; vivid or fiery: peppery criticism.
pepperiness pep'per·i·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Easily annoyed: choleric, irascible, quick-tempered, testy, tetchy, touchy. See feelings.
  2. Full of or characterized by a lively, emphatic, eager quality: fiery, high-spirited, mettlesome, spirited, vibrant. Informal snappy. See action/inaction, feelings.


adj

Definition: irritable; sarcastic
Antonyms: cheerful, easy-going, happy

adj

Definition: seasoned
Antonyms: bland, mild

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - pebret, galsindet

Nederlands (Dutch)
heet, peperig, heetgebakerd, scherp

Français (French)
adj. - poivré, irascible

Deutsch (German)
adj. - pfefferig, jähzornig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πιπεράτος

Italiano (Italian)
pepato, irascibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - apimentado, irascível, mordaz

Русский (Russian)
наперченный, раздражительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - picante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - pepparliknande, stark, skarp, bitande, hetsig, ettrig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
胡椒的, 很辣的, 辛辣的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 胡椒的, 很辣的, 辛辣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 후추의, 얼얼하게 매운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - こしょうの味がする, 短気な, 辛らつな, こしょうの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفلفل طعام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מפולפל, כעסן, רגזן, חריף‬


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