fiery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characterized by intense emotion
    impassioned; perfervid; torrid; fervid; ardent; fervent.
    • ardent love
    • an ardent lover
    • a fervent desire to change society
    • a fervent admirer
    • fiery oratory
    • an impassioned appeal
    • a torrid love affair
  2. adjective satellite like or suggestive of fire
    igneous.
    • a fiery desert wind
    • an igneous desert atmosphere
  3. adjective satellite very intense
    flaming.
    • a fiery temper
    • flaming passions

WordNet

Fi"er*y adjective
Etymology
Formerly written firy, fr. fire.
Definitions
  1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
    And fiery billows roll below. I. Watts.
  2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
    Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails? Shak.
    The fiery spirit of his forefathers. W. Irwing.
  3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
    You kniw the fiery quality of the duke. Shak.
  4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
    One curbed the fiery steed. Dryden.
  5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. Pope.
    The sword which is made fiery. Hooker.
    Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913